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By Jean-Pierre Clerge   During the BAC Virtual Expo, a select number of persons were eligible to win a free short course from the UWI Open Campus. Participants were asked to write an article for the BAC Newsletter about the topic “What does Quality in Higher Education mean to you?” After careful deliberation, the BAC’s […]

The Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC) is seeking to fill key roles within the organization. The BAC offers Registration, Accreditation and various Recognition services designed to set standards and processes through which higher-learning institutions can operate. They also facilitate the free movement of labour by CARICOM nationals throughout the region through the Certificate of Recognition of

The Barbados Accreditation Council welcomes its newest Deputy Chairman of its Board of Directors, Mr. Toney Olton. Toney Olton is a former educator and, currently, the founder and Executive Director of The Potter Centre, a regional training and people, leadership and organization development consultancy. Mr. Olton presently leads a team of consulting associates and serves

The year 2022 is the newest completed chapter in the Barbados Accreditation Council’s 18-year journey. What a dynamic 12 months it has been! During the last 12 months, the staff of the BAC continued to execute its vision and mission through various activities. Under the careful direction of the Board of Directors, several new initiatives

Change is inevitable and constant. In the educational context, it is no different. In the 17th century, attending school was not seen as a requirement as societal norms emphasized the need for children to help at home with family duties. During the 19th and 20th centuries, there was a transformation in the educational arena as

“Your legacy is being written by yourself.  Make the right decisions.” Gary Vaynerchuk Within industries and businesses of every variety across the globe today, professionals have all come to understand and accept the Oxford definition that quality is ‘the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind.’  It is by observing

The Covid 19 pandemic undoubtedly led to significant changes in educational systems globally. Educational providers needed to adapt quickly to the sudden changes and the resultant challenges. Out of this environment, a “new normal” emerged for the teaching and learning process. Assessment strategies had to be revised and applied to complement the move to emergency