Focus Awards
Asian College of Teachers (ACT) has the approval as a Focus Awards Centre for RQF provision
and is authorised to deliver a range of qualification(s) as an approved centre of Focus Awards
Regulated by Ofqual (The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation) since 2011.
Asian College of Teachers (ACT) has collaborated with Ofqual Regulated Awarding
Organisation, Focus Awards, to help meet the needs of its learners in an efficient manner. Focus
Awards offers over 200 qualifications, spanning across 11 sectors.
The awarding organization, Focus Awards provides help to their approved centres in the two key areas:
- Develop qualifications in a wide range of subject matter areas and commercial sectors. These qualifications appear on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and are nationally recognised.
- Quality assure a centre’s own non-regulated qualifications. This can be useful to endorse such offerings as short courses and CPD. Their Focus on Quality Provision (FQP) Scheme allows centres the freedom to develop them.
As a Focus Awards Approved Centre, ACT can fully meet the specific needs and requirements of its learners, by offering both nationally recognised qualifications and endorsed CPD or specialist short courses.
Ofqual regulated Focus Awards claims to be innovative, progressive, and customer- focused.
The awarding organization commits to provide its collective expertise and business acumen to help centres like ACT to provide the skills and training required or its learners. They are able to provide ACT with original, high quality resources and materials. The materials have been written to a very high standard and closely reflect those produced commercially for similar subject areas in the regulated sector.
Why Focus Awards
There are 6 key points why ACT collaborated with Focus Awards for its training purposes: -
- The team of professionals associated with Focus Awards has come from the same sectors - education and training with the same jobs and roles of the learners. They are experts in their profession and are well aware of the requirements of today’s learners.
- Candidates will get innovative, up-to-the minute solutions to their business’ challenges. It is a constant improvement, embracing new technologies and systems, driving relentlessly forward to provide the learners with the ‘best-in-class’ qualifications available today.
- Candidates can complete their qualifications without the need for exams. The qualifications have been designed to take away the associated learner stress and anxiety from exams. This pioneering approach also removes costly invigilation requirements.
- Focus Awards provides affordable payment plans for a fixed investment each month. Their main objective has always been to be different from (and better than) other Awarding Organisations and are committed to remaining so.
- Since today’s learners want to purse specific qualifications as per their requirements, hence to fulfill that, Focus Awards offers ample variety and choice - a full range of complementary qualifications to suit the learners’ needs.
- With approachable and supportive staffs around, Focus Awards claims to provide the best customer service and centre support. This kind of service is much desirable for institutes such as ACT.
Focus Awards claim to deliver the very best service, advice, and guidance so that organizations can do what is best for their growth and development – help their employees and staff succeed and achieve.
Asian College of Teachers has collaborated with Focus Awards with the aim to:
- Continue provide fulfilment to its learners
- Enable its business to grow and flourish
- Enhance its reputation in the marketplace
- Create the ongoing success and happiness among its target candidates
Successful completion of the qualification is a proof that the person achieving it has been assessed to have the knowledge, ability, and capability to undertake the employment, study, or progression the qualification is designed to fulfil.
Bespoke
Focus Awards also endorses non-regulated qualifications that meet the needs and requirements
of learners.
After the approved centre’s application, the awarding body reviews its management systems and
internal quality assurance arrangements to ensure that the centre has robust systems in place to
develop its own qualifications and materials, together with appropriately qualified staff to assess
and quality assure your provision.
By endorsing non-regulated qualifications for the Approved Centres, Focus Awards help learners
choose products and learning providers that have been through a rigorous quality control process.
The certification learners receive on successful completion helps them gain a sense of
achievement and reassurance that their hard work is worthwhile and valued.
On successful completion of an FQP endorsed non-regulated qualification, learners are awarded
a Certificate of Achievement that evidences and demonstrates they have achieved a qualification
that requires dedication, hard work, and subject matter knowledge.
Am very proud to be part of the ACT learning community. The courses are of international standard. The support system is one of the best I can think of. The academic journey has been one with great expectation and accomplishment.
The learning experience at ACT has been nothing short of being fantastic. It was a seamless experience, right from the beginning - coordination, timely support, well crafted materials that were easy to comprehend. The feedback given was also useful, to the point. Overall, it was great and I am glad I took up ACT for my course(s)! Thank you very much!
I was looking for a master’s to enhance my teaching career as well as gain an internationally recognised degree that’s affordable, flexible and manageable when I chanced upon Asian College of Teachers. I really enjoyed this program.This program is tailored in a way that suited me perfectly. I am a high school teacher and with this flexible program I was able to complete all the assignments at my own time and pace. The staff at ACT and EIU were especially helpful and they guided me through the program. I am indeed indebted to ACT, EIU and the staff for giving me this learning opportunity, assistance and support to earn myself a master’s degree while I was working!
I have completed my PG Diploma in TEFL/TESOL and continued my Master's with specialization in Educational Administration with ACT and EIU. My learning experiences with ACT have been phenomenal. I have been well guided by my instructors at all times and it has been a pleasure to be an alumni of this institute. After my PG Diploma I was appointed as an English teacher at a school I have been trying for many years and within 3 years of working I was promoted to the Head of the English Department as soon as I completed my Master's. The knowledge I have gained through these programs have been very helpful in my career and my creativity as a teacher and now a team leader. I am planning to continue my Doctorate at the same institute but still looking for guidance as to which field to take... But will start very soon.
It was a great experience taking up this course. Initially, I was skeptical about taking the course given my situation having a one year old kid to take care of along with my household chores and office work. When I started this course, I was not even sure if I would be able to make it. But then the course materials were very easy to follow and with the feedback on each assignment given by the course instructor I was able to complete the course with a first class grade. This course was structured very well and real time examples in each module helped me understand things better. For an aspiring teacher like me, this course was really useful. It helped me understand the future of education and teaching.
My learning experience in ACT/European International University has been excellent. The skills from this course are really valuable, it was great to be part of this course. I plan to complete Master of Arts in Education with SEND soon with ACT/EIU. Thank you for the amazing feedback received from the instructors as well as the course coordinator who was very helpful and supportive in facilitating course completion and timely guidance given to me during enrolments.
DISCLAIMER
Asian College of Teachers (ACT) undertakes a continuous review of its teacher training courses to ensure imparting high quality education. However, there might be circumstances outside of ACT’s control which might affect its stakeholders like if you are planning to teach in a different country, applying for a teaching license, pursuing higher studies or trying to get the certificate approved by the Ministry of Education (MoE) of a particular country then you can do so with the certificate issued by Asian College of Teachers (ACT). However, each country’s Ministry of Education (MoE) or educational bodies set certain standards that are indispensable for the pursuit of higher studies or teaching in schools in that country. So it can be a possibility that you may be able to use the certificate for higher studies or teaching purposes in one country and not in another. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you investigate thoroughly and check with the relevant authorities regarding the acceptance of the certificate issued by us before you enrol on a particular course. ACT strives to offer high-quality education and its certificates can be valuable for various purposes internationally, but still it is crucial for individuals to verify the specific recognition of the certificate in the country they intend to use it, especially for formal education or professional licensing purposes. This approach ensures that the stakeholders make informed decisions regarding their educational and career paths.