Eligibility Requirements for IET Accreditors
To become an accreditor, you must:
- Be a member of the IET
- Hold professional registration
Academic Accreditors
In addition to the requirements above, academic applicants should have experience in the following:
- External Examiner
- Course Leader or Programme Director with significant responsibility for course management or curriculum design
- Member of an Institutional Validation or Rreview Committee
- Quality Assurance Auditor
Industrialist Accreditors
In addition to the core requirements, industrial applicants must have:
- Knowledge and experience of the UK Higher Education sector
This experience should enable you to contribute effectively to the evaluation and accreditation of academic programmes.
How does it work?
- Participate in two accreditation visits a year; including contributing to panel discussions and task, before, during, after and in between accreditation visit (required an average of 4 days per visit excluding travel time).
- Support the visit process; e.g. approval of extensions, accreditation of new degrees, and approval of action plans; (on average, a total of 1 day per activity).
- Regularly review the online training materials provided (on average 1 day required) and attend the annual Academic Accreditor Conference (1 day).
- Use online tools to carry out accreditation activities.
- Attend the Academic Accreditation Committee in lieu of the visit Panel chair, if required.
- Adhere to the IET’s Code of Conduct for Accreditors (see Accreditor Guidelines document).
The recruitment process
We have a four-stage process:
Application
The Academic Accreditation Committee reviews applications annually in April.
Training
If you’re successful, you’ll complete mandatory IET volunteer training, as well as complete online specific Academic Accreditation training.
Probation
You’ll need to attend two accreditation visits as a ‘trainee accreditor’.
Acceptance
The AAC will review panel feedback to decide whether to formally accept you.
If you’re interested in applying
Read the following guidelines and complete the application form.
Academic Accreditor Guidelines
If you have any questions about the application process, please contact us at accreditation@theiet.org.