Skills and Education Group Access
AVA Licensing
2007: Licence provisionally granted
2009: Licence confirmed
2015: Licence temporarily extended
2016: Licence renewed
2017: Licence continuation confirmed
AVA Monitoring
February 2019: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
September 2020- July 2021: AVA Extraordinary Regulatory Framework monitoring activities completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
September 2021: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
February 2022: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
July 2022: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
August 2022: AVA monitoring activity undertaken; AVA licence continuation confirmed
September 2022: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
February 2023: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
September 2023: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
February 2024: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
Current status
QAA informs each AVA of a risk rating based on our assessment of compliance with the Licensing Agreement and Licensing Criteria. We have decided to remove the risk ratings from our website while we review our licensing arrangements throughout 2024. We do not wish to mislead our stakeholders or the public regarding the meaning of the risk ratings and consider that these could be misinterpreted without understanding each AVA's context.
If you have a query about the regulatory compliance of any AVA, please contact ahe@qaa.ac.uk. If you have an issue or concern about an AVA you would like to raise with us, please view our Concerns Scheme.
Statistics
Total number of providers: 21
Total number of Access to HE courses available: 121
Total number of Access to HE courses running: 118
Total number of registered students on courses during the 2022-23 year: 3,179
Total Access to HE certifications in 2022-23: 1,472
History
Skills and Education Group Access was previously known as Certa, Open College Network Yorkshire and Humber Region, Open College Network South Yorkshire and Humber Region/West and North Yorkshire Open College Network. Certa joined the Skills Education Group in August 2017.
Contact details
Skills and Education Group Access
Robins Wood House
Robins Wood Road
Nottingham,
NG8 3NH
Telephone: 0115 854 1620
UKPRN: 10029237