Development of Access and Participation Professionals (DAPP)
The Development of Access and Participation Professionals (DAPP) encompasses a Professional Standards Framework and a Professional Accreditation Scheme for individuals with experience in supporting, delivering, managing or evaluating Widening Participation or Widening Access.
The Widening Access and Participation Accreditation Scheme:
The Accreditation Scheme has been designed to provide individuals working in a widening access or widening participation role in higher education with a route to professional accreditation.
The Scheme currently offers two levels of accreditation:
- Affiliate Level
- Practitioner Level
The objectives of the Accreditation Scheme include raising the profile of Widening Access and Participation, supporting professional development, encouraging practice sharing and celebrating success.
The Accreditation Scheme is delivered in partnership by SCAPP and the University of Nottingham.
The Accreditation Scheme Portfolio:
The Accreditation scheme is designed to work alongside professional learning and development processes, enabling participants, with support from a line manager or sponsor, to gain professional accreditation in WA and WP through the submission of an evidence-based portfolio.
This portfolio will illustrate how you meet the relevant professional standards statements for each theme of the WA and WP Professional Standards Framework, and is assessed by Peer Reviewers. Details of the Framework can be read below.
The Accreditation Scheme is made possible through the in-kind support and expertise of our Peer Reviewers that are fellow practitioners from across the sector.
