QAA publish Youth and Community Work Benchmark Statement

30 Mar 2009 03:06 PM

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has published a new subject benchmark statement for youth and community work. 

Subject benchmark statements provide a means for the academic community to describe the nature and characteristics of programmes in a specific subject or subject area. They also represent general expectations about standards for the award of qualifications at a given level in terms of the attributes and capabilities that those possessing such qualifications should have demonstrated.

This subject benchmark statement, together with others published concurrently, refers to the bachelor's degree with honours. In addition, some subject benchmark statements provide guidance on integrated master's awards.

Subject benchmark statements are used for a variety of purposes. Primarily, they are an important external source of reference for higher education institutions (HEIs) when new programmes are being designed and developed in a subject area. They provide general guidance for articulating the learning outcomes associated with the programme but are not a specification of a detailed curriculum in the subject.

All of QAA's Subject benchmark statements, including for Youth and Community Work, can be found on their website here.