Learning Hours & Quality Assured Assessment
How CPD.me.uk combines learning hour measurement with quality-assured assessment to produce meaningful CPD point allocations.
What Are Learning Hours?
Learning hours represent the total time a learner spends engaged in structured professional development within a training programme. This includes direct instruction, guided practice, supervised application, assessment activities and structured self-study that forms part of the programme design.
Learning hours provide the foundation for CPD point calculation, but they are only one factor. The quality of those learning hours matters as much as their quantity.
What Is Quality Assured Assessment?
Quality Assured Assessment is the independent evaluation of a programme's educational quality through the CPD Scoring System. It examines how effectively the programme's learning hours translate into genuine professional development, by assessing curriculum design, learning outcomes, assessment methods, practical application and more.
How They Work Together
CPD.me.uk combines Learning Hours with Quality Assured Assessment to produce CPD point allocations that reflect both the quantity and quality of learning. This dual-factor approach means:
- A 20-hour programme with exceptional quality receives points that reflect both its duration and its excellence.
- A 20-hour programme with lower quality receives fewer points, because the educational value per hour is lower.
- Two programmes of identical length may receive different point allocations if they deliver different levels of educational quality.
This system incentivises training providers to invest in quality, not just duration. It rewards programmes that deliver genuine professional development rather than simply filling hours.
For Training Providers
Understanding the relationship between Learning Hours and Quality Assured Assessment helps you design programmes that maximise their CPD point allocation. Focus on delivering high-quality learning within your programme hours, and the scoring system will reflect that quality in the points awarded.
Key areas that influence quality assessment include: clearly defined learning outcomes, robust assessment methods, practical application opportunities, qualified tutors and comprehensive supporting resources.
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