Specialist Certificate
A focused, assessed capability for immediate professional application.
Assessed professional learning
Build expertise that can be evidenced.
Assessed, tutor-led programmes in language teaching, assessment and quality leadership. Every successful award is individually verifiable online.
14 professional programmes24–150 learning hours12 new tutor-led online programmes
A progressive portfolio
Choose the depth your role requires.
The new portfolio ranges from focused technical certificates to extended qualifications integrating several capabilities through applied work.
Professional Certificate
Broader technical development supported by an applied portfolio or project.
Advanced Qualification
An integrated pathway with substantial practice and a summative capstone.
Language teaching
Teaching, curriculum and teacher development
Programmes for teachers and curriculum specialists who need to design, deliver and evaluate language learning with greater precision.
CQ-AG120h
Advanced Glottodidactics
An advanced professional qualification combining second-language acquisition, contemporary methodology, classroom assessment, microteaching and reflective practice.
CQ-CCSD40h
Specialist CertificateCEFR Curriculum and Syllabus Design
Convert learner needs and CEFR-informed outcomes into a coherent curriculum, teachable syllabus and aligned assessment plan.
CQ-TODF24h
Specialist CertificateTeacher Observation and Developmental Feedback
Make observation a fair, evidence-rich development process that supports teaching quality, professional dialogue and accountable follow-up.
Language assessment
Test development, rating and validation
Technical pathways for item writers, assessors, exam developers and quality teams working across the assessment lifecycle.
CQ-ALTA80h
Advanced Language Testing and Assessment
A specialist qualification in test design, item writing, scoring, statistical analysis, assessment literacy, security and professional responsibility.
CQ-LTDIW60h
Professional CertificateLanguage Test Development and Item Writing
Build the practical competence to move from a defined assessment purpose to specifications, defensible items, review records and an operational item bank.
CQ-CEFRSS40h
Specialist CertificateCEFR Alignment and Standard Setting
Enable defensible CEFR-related claims through construct mapping, familiarisation, standard-setting procedures and documented validation evidence.
CQ-SASQA24h
Specialist CertificateSpeaking Assessor Standardisation and Quality Assurance
Establish consistent speaking assessment through shared scale interpretation, evidence-based rating, calibration and monitored operational practice.
CQ-WARC24h
Specialist CertificateWriting Assessor Reliability and Calibration
Improve rating consistency through analytic scale use, benchmark calibration, reliability monitoring and documented resolution of discrepant scores.
CQ-ASVLT40h
Specialist CertificateApplied Statistics and Validation for Language Tests
Develop practical statistical literacy for evaluating item performance, score precision, comparability, validity and fairness without treating metrics as isolated proof.
CQ-DARTS40h
Specialist CertificateDigital Language Assessment, Responsible AI and Test Security
Design and govern secure digital assessment that uses automation and AI proportionately, transparently and with meaningful human control.
Quality leadership
Academic management and quality systems
Applied programmes for professionals responsible for people, provision, evidence, risk and continuous improvement in language organisations.
CQ-IQALE50h
Professional CertificateInternal Quality Assurance for Language Education
Create an evidence-led internal quality system connecting policy, delivery, learner experience, risk, corrective action and management review.
CQ-AML60h
Professional CertificateAcademic Management and Leadership
Develop the operational and leadership capability to run coherent, learner-centred and evidence-informed language education provision.
CQ-QAOH32h
Specialist CertificateQuality Assurance for Online and Hybrid Language Provision
Build quality controls for online and hybrid provision covering pedagogy, access, engagement, assessment, learner support and service continuity.
CQ-ALEQL150h
Advanced Professional QualificationAdvanced Professional Qualification in Language Education Quality Leadership
Prepare senior professionals to design, lead and evaluate integrated quality systems across teaching, assessment, people, data, risk and public accountability.
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The verification result identifies the programme, award date and current status. The holder is named where public display is permitted, and a grade appears where one was issued. A certificate file alone is not evidence of current validity.
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