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Design identity-checked exams for UK distance and dual-pathway awards—integrity operations, not spyware.
Online or on campus
UK distance assessment failed publicly whenever a university outsourced integrity to a black-box proctor and called it quality. This PGCert starts with process: identity evidence, live oral confirmation, assessment design that reduces cheating payoff, and appeals that do not discriminate against disabled students or poor broadband. Ofqual-facing literacy appears because regulated language about assessment security will show up in complaints; you are not trained as Ofqual staff. Scottish and rUK students sit on both pathways; the certificate insists that campus and online awards remain one construct. The award does not certify a proctoring product and it does not authorise covert capture of household members. Capstones are policy-and-protocol dossiers for a named dual-pathway programme. University of Brigant treats identity checking as an assessment construct with residual impersonation risk, not as a biometric theatre that humiliates disabled students or households on a shared connection. Ofqual-facing vocabulary appears in complaints literacy; it is not a claim of regulator employment. Storm weeks and timezone-aware vivas belong in the protocol, because Edinburgh weather and remote students are both facts of this university’s dual pathway. The protocol must name what you will not capture in a student’s home. PGCert Identity-Checked Assessment (UK Distance) is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 9 months, and the credit total is 15. Students move from What Identity Evidence Can and Cannot Prove through What Identity Evidence Can and Cannot Prove; Live Oral, Viva, and Synchronous Confirmation; UK Data Protection in Exam Capture; Campus Hall and Online Twin: One Award; Ofqual-Facing Language for Non-Staff, and finish on Ofqual-Facing Language for Non-Staff. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Specify an identity-checked protocol with residual-risk notes Design tasks that reduce impersonation payoff Align accessibility, data protection, and integrity Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Fifteen credits, nine months: identity evidence, assessment design, law and accessibility, and a supervised protocol dossier. Dual pathway. No vendor logos.
Study online
Online tuition is free. Online examinations are free. There is no exam fee for online study.
On-campus study
Prefer to learn at our Edinburgh campus? Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged. The published campus price is on each programme page.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB721 | What Identity Evidence Can and Cannot Prove What Identity Evidence Can and Cannot Prove (UOB721) is a 3-credit course on PGCert Identity-Checked Assessment (UK Distance), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using What Identity Evidence Can and Cannot Prove as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| UOB722 | Live Oral, Viva, and Synchronous Confirmation Live Oral, Viva, and Synchronous Confirmation (UOB722) is a 3-credit course on PGCert Identity-Checked Assessment (UK Distance), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Live Oral, Viva, and Synchronous Confirmation as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB725 | UK Data Protection in Exam Capture UK Data Protection in Exam Capture (UOB725) is a 3-credit course on PGCert Identity-Checked Assessment (UK Distance), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails, using UK Data Protection in Exam Capture as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB729 | Campus Hall and Online Twin: One Award Campus Hall and Online Twin: One Award (UOB729) is a 3-credit course on PGCert Identity-Checked Assessment (UK Distance), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Campus Hall and Online Twin: One Award as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB733 | Ofqual-Facing Language for Non-Staff Ofqual-Facing Language for Non-Staff (UOB733) is a 3-credit course on PGCert Identity-Checked Assessment (UK Distance), with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Ofqual-Facing Language for Non-Staff as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 9 months. Teaching language: English (dual pathway: Edinburgh campus or tuition-free online; one academic standard). Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Brigant. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. University of Brigant publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
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