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Towhomitmayconcern: TrinityCertTESOLnowLevel5oftheNationalQualificationsFramework TheTrinityCollegeLondonCertTESOLwasaccreditedatLevel4ontheNational QualificationsFramework(theNQF)bytheQualificationsandCurriculum Authority(QCA)inEnglandandthecorrespondingauthoritiesinWalesandNorthern IrelandinSeptember2002.Level4isregardedascomparable,intermsof assessmentstandards,tothefirstyearofanundergraduatedegreeofferedinthe UK. However,inordertotakeaccountofdevelopmentsinqualificationsandstandards forteachertrainingprovisionintheLifelongLearningSector,andagreements betweenLifelongLearningUK(LLUK)andawardingbodies(examinationboards) overthepastyearastohowtheseareevaluated,Trinity'sCertTESOLhasbeenre accreditedfromLevel4toLevel5. TheTrinityDiplomaTESOLremainsatLevel7inlinewithitsexactcounterparts. TheDiplomainTeachingintheLifelongLearningSectorremainsatLevel5.

.Level5 isregardedascomparableindifficultytothesecondyearofanundergraduate degree. PleasenotethattheOfficeoftheQualificationsandExaminationsRegulator (Ofqual)hasrecentlytakenovertherolepreviouslycarriedoutbyQCA.

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