Magnos Consulting provides specialist QQI consultancy services to training providers, covering quality assurance, provider approval, programme development, validation, revalidation and assessment development.
Quality Assurance Development
Magnos Consulting can assist training providers in developing and documenting quality assurance policies, procedures and systems appropriate to their organisation and the programmes they intend to deliver.
Initial Access to Validation (Provider Approval)
Magnos Consulting provides QQI Provider Approval consultancy, assisting training providers through QQI's Initial Access to Validation process (often referred to as “provider approval”) — including the development of the required quality assurance documentation and preparation for submission to QQI.
QQI Programme Validation & QQI Programme Development
Magnos Consulting provides QQI Programme Validation consultancy, assisting training providers with the development of new programmes leading to QQI awards, including programme documentation, learning outcomes, assessment strategies and supporting materials, and their preparation and submission to QQI for validation.
QQI Programme Revalidation
Magnos Consulting provides QQI Programme Revalidation consultancy, assisting training providers in reviewing and updating existing programmes and preparing the documentation required for submission to QQI for revalidation.
QQI Assessment Development
Magnos Consulting assists training providers with the development and review of QQI assessment instruments, learner assessment briefs, marking schemes and related assessment documentation.
QQI Academic Council Chair
QQI requires training providers to have appropriate academic governance arrangements in place to oversee the quality assurance of training provision, including the separation of commercial and academic decision-making. An Academic Council provides independent academic oversight and supports the continuous review and improvement of training provision in line with QQI guidelines. Where an independent Academic Council Chair is required, Magnos Consulting can fulfil that role.