Accredited in the UK. Recognised worldwide.
ThinkForward Learning Academy’s Level 3 to Level 7 diplomas are awarded through International Qualifications & Awards (IQA), the UK awarding body we are an approved centre of — no. IQACN-2315. That approval is what puts a UK level on your qualification, keeps it on a public register, and carries it into the countries where IQA is recognised. Alongside it, we arrange a set of professional safety certifications through a specialist partner.
ThinkForward Learning Academy — an approved centre of International Qualifications & Awards (IQA), UK, centre no. IQACN-2315.
Awarding body registerOur accreditation
Awarded through International Qualifications & Awards (IQA)
Our Level 3 to Level 7 diplomas are awarded through International Qualifications & Awards (IQA), a UK awarding organisation. Every unit is built to their published qualification standards, every piece of assessed work is externally verified, and every certificate is listed on their UK register under our centre number, IQACN-2315.
That approval is what an employer or a university is actually checking when they recognise the qualification — a UK level, an external standard, and a record that can be verified without asking us.
Our approval
Centre IQACN-2315
Our approval, and every certificate we issue, can be checked on the awarding body’s UK register.
iqawards.org.uk
International recognition
Recognised in the USA and Canada
A qualification awarded through International Qualifications & Awards (IQA) carries its recognition — a UK level here, and acceptance for credential evaluation across North America.
National Association of Credential Evaluation Services
USA & Canada
International Education Evaluations
USA & Canada
NACES and IEE are the bodies a US or Canadian university, employer or licensing board uses to place a qualification earned elsewhere on their own framework. As an approved centre, that route is open to every diploma you earn with us.
Studying with a move abroad in mind? Confirm the exact evaluation path for your destination before you enrol — ask us and we’ll point you to it.
Why an approved centre
What that approval means for you
Four things come with a qualification awarded through an approved UK centre. Each one is checkable.
Taught here, awarded in the UK
You study and are assessed with us; your diploma is awarded through International Qualifications & Awards (IQA) on the UK qualification framework.
Built to the UK standard
Every unit is built to the awarding body’s published qualification standards and quality-assurance framework.
Externally verified
Work is marked here and externally verified in the UK before any result is confirmed.
On the public register
Every certificate is listed on the awarding body’s UK register — searchable by centre name or certificate number.
Under this approval
Eight programme areas, Level 3 through Level 7
Each area runs the full span — a Level 3 foundation certificate through to a Level 7 diploma at postgraduate level — every one awarded through the approval above.
| Programme area | Levels | Awarded by |
|---|---|---|
| Hospitality & Culinary Arts | Level 3 – 7 | International Qualifications & Awards (IQA) |
| Business Administration | Level 3 – 7 | International Qualifications & Awards (IQA) |
| Finance & Accounting | Level 3 – 7 | International Qualifications & Awards (IQA) |
| Fine Arts | Level 3 – 7 | International Qualifications & Awards (IQA) |
| Education | Level 3 – 7 | International Qualifications & Awards (IQA) |
| IT & Computer Science | Level 3 – 7 | International Qualifications & Awards (IQA) |
| Health & Safety | Level 3 – 7 | International Qualifications & Awards (IQA) |
| English Language | Level 3 – 7 | International Qualifications & Awards (IQA) |
Delivery partners
Safety certifications, arranged through a partner
Alongside our own qualifications, students often want professional safety certifications — NEBOSH, IOSH and the rest. We arrange these through The Cardiff Group, a specialist provider that holds the approvals for them, and stay your point of contact throughout. These are Cardiff’s certifications, issued in Cardiff’s name.
The Cardiff Group
A UK-registered training, auditing and consultancy group operating in Pakistan since 2014, with centres in Lahore, Islamabad and Abbottabad. Their approvals cover occupational health and safety and management-systems auditing.
Health and safety is one of our five programme areas, and Cardiff is where its professional certifications come from. You enrol through us, we handle your registration and stay with you through the course, and Cardiff delivers and certifies. One point of contact, and a certificate that carries the weight of an established provider.
Through us, from The Cardiff Group
What you can enrol in
- NEBOSH — International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, and related awards.
- IOSH — Managing Safely — the standard supervisory and management safety qualification.
- OSHAcademy — OSHA 10, 30 and 48-hour workplace safety training.
- IRCA-certified ISO Lead Auditor — ISO 9001 quality, ISO 14001 environmental, and ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management systems.
- Workplace safety & first aid — Fire safety, fire fighting, emergency response, electrical safety, and first aid at work.
These certifications are delivered and issued by The Cardiff Group under their own approvals, not by ThinkForward. Our own Level 3 to Level 7 diplomas are awarded through International Qualifications & Awards (IQA) under centre no. IQACN-2315. The two are separate, and we would rather you know which is which before you enrol than after.
Know exactly what you’re enrolling in
If you want to check how a qualification is awarded and recognised before you enrol, ask. We would rather have that conversation up front than after.