Awarding body
DEFINITION: A body issuing qualifications (certificates, diplomas or titles) formally recognises the learning outcomes (knowledge, skills and/or competences) of an individual, following an assessment and validation procedure.
SOURCE: Terminology of European education and training policy- a selection of 100 key terms CEDEFOP, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2008.
HYPERLINK: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/publications/13125.aspx
RELATED TERMS: qualification, awarding body, award of qualification