Application requirements for APEL.Q

The evaluation will consist of the subsequent:

1. Submit Portfolios

• Submit your portfolios
• MI Swiss evaluation of your portfolios

2. End Point Assessment (EPA)

• Make End-Point Assessment with the guide and support of MI Swiss.
• Receive APEL.Q report of MI Swiss.
• Transfer MI Swiss APEL.Q result to the university

3. Capstone(s) courses & Graduate:

• Complete the capstone course(s) and some Swiss Micro Credential course (if any)
• Graduate & get a degree from University Partners.

A portfolio is a formal document containing a compilation of evidence documenting a learner’s prior experiential learning acquired over time. This education may be formal, informal, or non-formal. The Portfolio is compiled by the student to demonstrate that the learning acquired is pertinent and specific to the programme’s body of knowledge/competencies. All formal, non-formal, and informal learning experiences listed in the Portfolio must be supported by documentary evidence. The evidence must be organized and presented in accordance with the programme’s identified learning outcomes (PLOs).

In submitting the Portfolio for APEL.Q, the learner must ensure that

• a) the application form is filled out accurately and
• b) the documentary evidence is submitted on time.

Learners will use a MI Swiss APEL.Q portfolio template to submit evidence. This template will contain information on the applied-for program and mapping of individual learning (learning statements and the origin of learning supported by documentary evidence) to the program’s body of knowledge/competencies.

The following generally established evaluation criteria may be used to determine whether the evidence offered in the Portfolio is sufficient and appropriate:

• Authenticity: The proof clearly demonstrates the learner’s effort, experience, and learning for which credit is being claimed.
• Acceptability: For there to be a satisfactory alignment/matching between PLOs and given evidence, the assessment instrument must be reliable and valid.
• Sufficient breadth and depth of evidence exists, including evidence of reflection, to establish achievement of PLOs or the asserted skills.
• Currency: The learning is recent enough to show the currency of competencies, knowledge, and skills as required by the qualification’s discipline.
• Prior experience learning is unique to the PLOs for which an academic qualification is being pursued.

Preamble

Students in the APEL.Q pathway will be required to document a professional development learning log and work portfolio which is a record of goals, knowledge acquisition and growth, achievement, and professional attributes developed over time and in collaboration with others in the workplace/organization. It will consist of a reflective log not exceeding 4,000 words with appendices consisting of a collection of relevant artifacts to support the achievement of goals, knowledge, behaviors, and attributes aligned to the modules which are taught in the program (the program that you apply for APEL.Q pathway).

Direct Evidence

Certificates:

You can provide copies of your qualifications;

• School certificates
• Statement of results
• Courses completed at work

Work samples

You can provide samples of your work;

• Drawings or photographs
• Reports
• Written materials
• Projects
• Objects
• Work of arts

Records of workplace activities

You can provide documents that verify your work activities;

• Notes
• Emails
• Completed worksheets
• Workplace agreement
• Contracts

Documents

You can provide evidence that shows what you have done in your life;

• Media articles
• Meritorious awards

Indirect Evidence

Written Records

You can provide copies of;

• Diaries
• Records
• Journals
• Articles

E-mail

You can provide copies of email communication which verify;

• Customer feedback
• Work activities
• Written skills

Supporting letters

You can provide letters to verify your claim from;

• Employers
• Community group
• People you have worked with (paid and unpaid work)

The APEL.Q report is a document sent to a MI Swiss university partner in an effort to increase transparency and facilitate academic and professional recognition of MI Swiss. It is a document issued by MI Swiss to students who have successfully completed portfolios, end-point access (EPA), and the APEL.Q process.

APEL.Q report is not a certified, not a diploma, degree, or any form of Qualifications

In cases where the evidence provided is insufficient to demonstrate competency through the APEL.Q process, students are required to complete a set of additional short courses prior to moving on to the capstone project phase. All the Micro Credential courses will be studied in our Swiss Micro Credential course.

Swiss Micro Credential:

Swiss Micro Credential course is a network of professional certified micro credential designed by industry leaders and the MI Swiss to develop and improve the essential professional skills required for success in the most in-demand fields of today.

MI Swiss university partner endorses and recognizes all short courses of LAS. Learner could obtain an academic credit from Swiss Micro Credential when applying for APEL.Q process

Learners are required to complete the program-mandated capstone course(s) upon successful completion of all the aforementioned assessments.

The capstone course combines essential learning outcomes and proves that students have mastered their courses. A capstone course is usually offered in the last semester/year. Capstone course grading includes an oral exam (s). This oral examination tests the learner’s broad and overall grasp of the core discipline/field of study and establishes that his/her prior experiential learning is of a high enough degree to deserve an academic certification.

General

• The MI Swiss APEL.Q evaluation is an impartial, university-accredited procedure. LAS exclusively provides APEL.Q results for credit conversion to partner universities. The LAS APLE.Q findings are not intended for display or usage other than as a proof of competency with a university that has acknowledged the MI Swiss assessment methodology and outcomes.
• APEL.Q is not a diploma, certification, or degree. The APEL.Q outcome is a report.
• Students may not use MI Swiss -provided APEL.Q results to apply to another university without MI Swiss’s prior written consent.
• The collaborating institution will award the diploma. During the capstone project learning phase, students are the official students at the partner university. During their studies, students are required to adhere to all partner university rules and requirements.
• After graduation, MI Swiss is not responsible for how students utilize their diplomas.
• The MI Swiss APEL.Q findings are independent, not controlled by, unaffiliated to, and do not belong to the government of the Switzerland or any other government or governmental entity in any country.

MI Swiss does not commit:

• No commitment to acquire a degree from a partner university if no obligations are met, including academic, financial, disciplinary, and academic integrity duties.
• No registration fee refunds of any type
• Short course and capstone project tuition fees are non-refundable for any reason If students do not adhere to the principles they signed when enrolling in APEL.Q, there is no refund and no liability of any kind.
• No refunds, and we reserve the right to revoke APELQ results, revoke diplomas, notify and warn relevant parties… if it is determined that the evidence provided by the student is fraudulent or dishonest throughout the entire process of APEL.Q pathway registration, Portfolio submission, End Point Accessment, Micro Credential, and Capstone Projects.
• MI Swiss reserves the right to accept or not to accept the APEL.Q application.

The purpose of the basic principles is to ensure an efficient, transparent, and quality-assured practice that will inspire confidence in the outputs of the APEL.Q process among all stakeholders. This is also to protect the legitimacy and integrity of the APEL.Q evaluation mechanisms and tools. The following are the guiding concepts for APEL.Q:

Candidate voluntary

APEL.Q supports continual learning and the positive qualities of an individual’s learning experience. APEL.Q is centered on the procedure by which a learner launches an application for an academic qualification through the evaluation of his or her prior experience learning. It is the learner’s obligation and responsibility to submit the relevant documentation and proof for the assessment process and to express his or her willingness to follow the entire APEL.Q assessment process chain. Although the procedure is voluntarily undertaken by the student with the support of the London Academy of Sciences – APEL.Q Centers.