Our guiding principle
Apollo Accreditation is guided by one principle: fair, transparent and quality-assured recognition of learning. It is the standard we hold our own work to when we build, accredit and quality assure training programmes for providers and academies in any country that want to work to UK and EU standards and sell into those markets.
We are a consultancy. We prepare and manage accreditation through the recognised regulators and awarding bodies. We are not a regulator or an awarding organisation, and we do not award qualifications ourselves.
The principle in one line
A qualification is only worth what people trust it to mean. Our job in training provider accreditation is to make that trust honest: to build programmes that meet a recognised standard, to show the evidence plainly, and to quality assure the result so it holds up long after the certificate is issued. That is what fair, transparent and quality-assured recognition means in practice, and it is the test we apply to every engagement.
Where the principle comes from
We did not invent this principle. We take it from the way the wider education system defines good recognition, and we hold ourselves to it.
The UNESCO 2019 Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications is described as the first global framework for fair, transparent and non-discriminatory recognition of qualifications, built on quality assurance and trust. That is the exact outcome we work toward for a provider: a credential that is read the same way, for the right reasons, wherever it is presented.
Our work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goal 4, quality education, by supplying the quality-assurance layer that makes learning credible. Accreditation is how a good programme proves it is good, and how a learner's effort turns into recognition others can rely on.
What it means in practice
A principle only matters if it changes what we do. Ours sets three fixed habits on every engagement, whether the route is MFHEA in Malta, CPD certification, or Ofqual and the other UK nations' regulators.
We build to the recognised body's own published requirements as they stand, not to a private standard of our own. You can see the criteria, and you can see how the work meets them.
We quality assure the programme, the assessment and the evidence so it stands up when the regulator or awarding body examines it, and we keep it current as the criteria change.
We tell you honestly, before you spend money, if a route is unlikely to work. A fair process protects the provider as much as the learner, and it protects the meaning of the credential.
Honest by design
The clearest sign of a safe partner is one who draws the line in the right place before you ask. Here is ours.
We align our own method and standards with the recognition principle set out by UNESCO and with the aims of Sustainable Development Goal 4, and we build, accredit and quality assure programmes to match.
The UNESCO Convention is an agreement between states, not a badge a company holds. We are guided by its principle. We are not a party to it, we are not endorsed by UNESCO or the United Nations, and we do not act on their behalf.
Common questions
Work with us
If you are building a course or seeking recognition in the UK or the EU, start with a short scoping call. We will tell you the route that fits, and whether it is worth pursuing, before you commit.
General information about how we work. It is not legal advice, and it is not a guarantee of any regulator's or awarding body's decision.