Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life

Decision: positive
ECTE: Institutional and programme accreditation
  • Programme
    Bachelor in Theology
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Other provision
  • Workload (in ECTS credits)
    180
  • Assessment and certification
    Assessment based certificate
  • Learning outcomes
    (information not provided)
  • Field of study
    religion and theology
  • Programme
    Certificate
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    short cycle (NQF 5)
  • Programme type
    Other provision
  • Workload (in ECTS credits)
    60
  • Assessment and certification
    Assessment based certificate
  • Learning outcomes
    (information not provided)
  • Field of study
    religion and theology
  • Programme
    Diploma
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    short cycle (NQF 5)
  • Programme type
    Other provision
  • Workload (in ECTS credits)
    120
  • Assessment and certification
    Assessment based certificate
  • Learning outcomes
    (information not provided)
  • Field of study
    religion and theology
  • Programme
    MTh Religion and Culture Studies
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF 7)
  • Programme type
    Other provision
  • Workload (in ECTS credits)
    72
  • Assessment and certification
    Assessment based certificate
  • Learning outcomes
    (information not provided)
  • Field of study
    religion and theology
  • DEQAR Report ID
    103534
  • Agency
    European Council for Theological Education e.V. (ECTE)
  • Type
    • Institutional and programme accreditation
  • Status
    voluntary
  • Formal decision
    positive
  • Date
    11/04/2023
  • Valid until
    23/01/2028
  • Summary

    Report summary

    ​​​The Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life in Oxford, UK, is an Alternative/Other Provider of higher theological education. The purpose of the review is the accreditation of the institution and of four programmes delivered distance and online, comparable to one partial EQF level 5 (Short Cycle) programme (60 ECTS credits), one EQF level 5 (Short Cycle) programme (120 ECTS credits, one EQF level 6 (First Cycle) programme (180 ECTS credits) and one EQF level 7 (Second Cycle) programme (72 ECTS credits) The programmes are in line with the relevant  ​framework of higher education: the EQF (European Qualifications Framework) and QF-EHEA ​(Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area).​​​
    ​​​The Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life in Oxford, UK, is an Alternative/Other Provider of higher theological education. The purpose of the review is the accreditation of the institution and of four programmes delivered distance and online, comparable to one partial EQF level 5 (Short Cycle) programme (60 ECTS credits), one EQF level 5 (Short Cycle) programme (12...
  • Notes
    The Second Cycle programme was reviewed separately and is valid from 2024-03-06 to 2029-03-05
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/report/103534
  • External link
    View record on agency’s website
  • Verifiable Credential
  • Education provider

Verifiable Credentials

A Verifiable Credential (VC) is a digitally-signed and thus tamper-evident document containing information on a subject (e.g. personal information, entitlements of an individual, degrees held by an individual or accreditation of a higher education institution). Quality assurance results recorded in DEQAR can be downloaded as W3C-compatible Verifiable Credentials.

Currently, two types of credentials can be issued:

EBSI Verifiable Accreditations (VA) can be used by a higher education institution in the context of the EBSI Early Adopters programme.

  • The VA allows the institution to prove its external quality assurance on the Trusted Issuer Registry (TIR). EBSI VAs are only issued for external quality assurance results with an official status in a national system (“part of obligatory EQA system”).
  • At present, the higher education institution’s EBSI DID needs to be communicated to EQAR and recorded in DEQAR manually at the moment. If you are a higher education institution participating in EBSI, please contact us to register your DID.
  • EBSI VAs are issued by EQAR under its DID did:ebsi:zk4bhCepWSYp9RhZkRPiwUL.

DEQAR Format Verifiable Credentials primarily serve as a proof of concept and public demonstrator currently.

  • DEQAR Format VCs are based on the plain W3C Recommendation and our own data model. While they closely follow the EBSI Schema, no EBSI-specific or EU-specific elements or data types are used.
  • The higher education institution is identified by its DEQAR URI in this case.
  • DEQAR Format VCs are issued by EQAR under its DID did:web:data.deqar.eu.

Please note: this is an experimental feature.