Rockschool Music Practitioner qualifications

 

Rockschool Music Practitioner qualifications

Summary	The aim is to provide a flexible, vocationally-relevant suite of popular music qualifications which will equip learners with the skills to develop realistic employment opportunities in the music industry or to progress in to higher education. The broad objectives are: To focus delivery and assessment on practical music making, music production and development of music business skills through learner centred activity To make the qualifications as flexible as possible in the spirit of the Qualifications and Credit Framework To make the qualifications relevant to a wide variety of applications from FE provision through to schools, Creative Apprenticeships and e-learning, while ensuring appropriate academic options are available for certain types of HE progression To embed transferable skills and functional skills into the qualifications.
Tariff entry	The Tariff Advisory Group considered these qualifications in July 2011. Points come into effect for entry to higher education from 2012 onwards.
Size	Extended Diploma = 128 credits (1280 notional learning hours) Diploma =96 credits (960 notional learning hours) Subsidiary Diploma = 64 credits (640 notional learning hours) Extended Certificate = 32 credits (32 notional learning hours) Certificate = 20 credits (20 notional learning hours)
UCAS Tariff points	Grade	Extended Diploma	Diploma	Subsidiary Diploma	Extended Certificate	Certificate
	Distinction Merit Pass	240 160 80	180 120 60	120 80 40	60 40 20	30 20 10
Awarding organisation	Rockschool Ltd www.rockschool.co.uk
Further information	Visit the Register of Regulated Qualifications website: Ofqual Register of Regulated Qualifications