ELICOS Experts Part of the CAQA group

English language delivery

ELICOS delivery, standards and staffing

ELICOS registration, the ELICOS Standards, and the teacher qualification and class size requirements that are checked first.

IPractice areas

Where we work.

i

ELICOS registration

Adding or maintaining ELICOS on scope against the ELICOS Standards.

ii

Teaching staff

The qualification and experience requirements for ELICOS teachers, which differ from VET trainer requirements.

iii

Course structure

Levels, progression and class size, and the evidence that students are placed correctly.

IIWhat goes wrong

The failures worth knowing about in advance.

We list these publicly because most of the value of an adviser is knowing which mistakes are common, and that knowledge is not worth hiding.

Applying VET rules to ELICOS

ELICOS has its own standards. Assuming the VET trainer requirements carry across produces an under qualified teaching team.

Placement without assessment

Putting students into levels by convenience rather than by assessed proficiency undermines progression evidence.

IIIHow we work

We tell you what we find.

Including when the answer is that you do not need the engagement you asked for. An adviser who never says that is not giving you information, they are giving you an invoice.

Scope of advice

We advise on regulation and practice. Where a matter needs a legal opinion or a financial audit, we will say so and stop rather than improvise.

Start a conversation.

Describe the situation. If it is outside what we do, we will tell you that and point you at who does.