Woolf University - Educational Partnership & Institutions

[Eleanor]

MFHEA extended Woolf accreditation for 1 more year, to 04/2026.

This is interesting. Initial accreditation in Malta is granted for 5 years. Typically, around one year prior to the end of the initial term, institutions are being notified about their pending External Quality Audit. The EQA consists of three parts: (1) financial probity, (2) submission of a self-assessment report, (3) the actual audit.

If an institution "passes" the audit, the accreditation term becomes "indefinite", with ongoing 5-year audits.

Woolf getting an extension for one year can have manifold reasons. e.g. the audit was delayed by MFHEA, or Woolf has been granted some time to resolve issues found during the audit. But that's speculation. MFHEA will eventually publish the audit report, which may bring light into this.

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MFHEA extended Woolf accreditation for 1 more year, to 04/2026.

This is interesting. Initial accreditation in Malta is granted for 5 years. Typically, around one year prior to the end of the initial term, institutions are being notified about their pending External Quality Audit. The EQA consists of three parts: (1) financial probity, (2) submission of a self-assessment report, (3) the actual audit.

If an institution "passes" the audit, the accreditation term becomes "indefinite", with ongoing 5-year audits.

Woolf getting an extension for one year can have manifold reasons. e.g. the audit was delayed by MFHEA, or Woolf has been granted some time to resolve issues found during the audit. But that's speculation. MFHEA will eventually publish the audit report, which may bring light into this.

looking at their license period, this must be the second one-year extension. not a s good sign in my honest opinion. but this does not necessarily mean that Woolf has issues. It can also well be the case, that MFHEA has issues, e.g. lack of resources, bad processes, etc.

[Tomas]

Yes I believe it is second extension. That's also part of why I posted it, so students are aware situation is not completely stable. Agree with your interpretation. Maybe it could also be due to MFHEA trying to get better international standing, trying to cut the rougher edges in cooperation with Woolf as an outlier in the system, etc. But I never checked nor searched for previous report so only guessing.

Price increases were to be expected I guess, also sign that Neoversity has strong position, good for them. I will keep an eye on the Indian colleges, frankly price was the most attractive part of it to me.