DICTIONARY OF BTEC WORDS

WORD DEFINITION
BTEC Business and Technology Education
Council
RQF Regulated Qualifications
Framework
Assessor The person who teaches and
assesses the student.
Registration The process of informing Edexcel
that there are active students on a
BTEC programme.
Notification of Performance If a student does not achieve all of
the programme, they can have a
certificate to show what they have
achieved.
Specifications The outline of the qualification. It
shows what has to be taught and
how the qualification is assessed.
Unit BTEC programmes are built up by a
combination of a number of units.

Credit One credit represents 10 hours of

learning time. Learning time is the
amount of time a learner at the level
of the unit, is expected to take, on
average, to complete the learning
outcomes of the unit to the
standard defined by the assessment
criteria.
Assessment criteria Criteria provided for the grading of
an assessment. They are the
evidence that a student is required
to produce to meet the learning
outcome.
Assignment A work related assessment used to
assess all or part of a unit.

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Total Qualification Time (TQT)
External Examiner (EE)
Internal verification (IV)
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Information given to a student after
the work has been assessed. It
should guide the student as to how
they can improve their work.
All the time when a tutor, trainer or
facilitator is present to give specific
guidance towards the learning aim
being studied on a programme.
This definition includes lectures,
tutorials and supervised study in,
for example, open learning centres
and learning workshops. It also
includes time spent by staff
assessing learners’ achievements. It
does not include time spent by staff
in day-today marking of
assignments where the learner is
not present.
TQT is an estimate of the total
amount of time that could
reasonably be expected to be
required for a student to achieve
and demonstrate the achievement
of the level of attainment necessary
for the award of a qualification.
The expert appointed by Pearson
who will visit to give you guidance,
support and check on the quality of
assessment and delivery.
A team work exercise completed by
a colleague, to check that
assignments are fit for purpose and
that assessment decisions have
been made correctly. This is an
Edexcel requirement.
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