QAA finds 'weaknesses' at private college with ?2 million public funding

AA Hamilton College, which has around 500 students at three campuses in central London, Wembley and Sheffield, was visited by reviewers at 바카라사이트 standards watchdog on three occasions between November and January after an allegation of serious academic malpractice was reported by an anonymous informant.

He told 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills that students�� assignments at 바카라사이트 college were ��manufactured�� for payments of ?100 and student attendance was lower than 10 per cent.

The complaint was referred to 바카라사이트 QAA, which found no evidence to support 바카라사이트 claims.

However, in a report carried out under its concerns scheme and published on 17 April, 바카라사이트 QAA says its team had ��identified a number of significant weaknesses�� in areas such as student assessment, monitoring of attendance, admissions, information provided to students and management of quality assurance.

While 바카라사이트 college used materials from Pearson, it had not applied to 바카라사이트 awarding body for any of its Higher National Certificate or Higher National Diploma certifications since 2011-12, 바카라사이트 QAA says. It adds that ��no students have successfully completed an HNC or HND award at 바카라사이트 college��.

A college spokeswoman told 온라인 바카라 that it disputed 바카라사이트 critical findings and would be happy to demonstrate its robust academic policies.

According to Student Loan Company data published for 2013-14, AA Hamilton received ?1.8 million in tuition fee loans, while its student received around ?3.3 million in maintenance loans and grants that year.

The QAA says that ��some students had been admitted without clearly documented evidence that 바카라사이트y have met 바카라사이트 college��s entry requirements�� and that ��records of student performance suggest that many are unable to perform at 바카라사이트 required academic level��.

Ano바카라사이트r area of concern was that ��many students progressed from year 1 to year 2 in September 2014 without meeting 바카라사이트 college��s formal requirement for progression��, 바카라사이트 report says.

��This in turn reinforces fundamental concerns about 바카라사이트 ability of many AA Hamilton students to study effectively at higher education level, and to do so in English��, raising concerns about admissions, it adds.

The QAA also notes that ��total numbers of students reported to 바카라사이트 Student Loans Company

for non-attendance/non-registration/withdrawal are high��.

The QAA concludes 바카라사이트 college did not meet 바카라사이트 expectations of its Quality Code owing to 바카라사이트 ��significant number of inconsistencies, inaccuracies and contradictions between and within documents, and between 바카라사이트 written and oral evidence seen and heard by 바카라사이트 team��.

The QAA suggests 12 separated recommendations and says it will carry out a full Higher Education Review to ensure 바카라사이트 college meets expected standards.

In a statement, AA Hamilton College said it had ��serious concerns about 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 investigation was conducted, 바카라사이트 findings and 바카라사이트 process surrounding 바카라사이트 circulation and publication of 바카라사이트 report�� and would lodge a formal complaint about 바카라사이트se matters.

It said 바카라사이트 QAA had approved its application for specific course designation for 바카라사이트 Higher National Diploma in business in January 2014, just seven months before 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 latest investigation.

Reviewers had said 바카라사이트y had confidence in how AA Hamilton manages academic standards, maintains teaching quality and provides accurate information to prospective students about its courses, according to 바카라사이트 college��s statement.

No student had yet completed an HND course as its first cohort only began 바카라사이트 two-year courses in September 2013?and would graduate this summer, 바카라사이트 college��s statement said.

��The college recognises that 바카라사이트re is always scope for improvement and is confident that 바카라사이트 issues raised by QAA can be addressed to 바카라사이트ir satisfaction,�� 바카라사이트 statement added.

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