- Receive notification from SEDA Office of the name and contact details of the programme leader and the other accreditor(s), if applicable
- Contact the other accreditor(s)
- Review the material received from the programme leader – use the SEDA Office to chase up if it is not forthcoming
- Communicate with the other accreditor. Work through the documents with the other accreditor(s), in detail . If necessary contact the programme leader for clarification and request additional documentation
- When these issues have been resolved, plan for an accreditation visit
- Decide who you want to meet at the event (e.g. ensure for a new institution that you meet the PVC for learning and teaching or equivalent)
- Set the timetable – including time for yourself and the other accreditor(s) to meet alone and agree the outcome
- Send a list of questions to the programme leader to be addressed at the accreditation event, negotiated between the accreditors
- Do the accreditation
- Write a report with recommendations and conditions, send it to the programme leader to include their own reflections and to send on to SEDA
- Contact the mentor to discuss and reflect on the experience of the process as a CPD exercise
- Follow up conditions and recommendations, where applicable
- For subsequent accreditations, the accreditation starts from the institutional recognition documents and report.
