Analytic Quality Glossary
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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004–12, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for amendments or additions.
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core definition
Professional recognition is the formal acknowledgement of an
individualÕs professional status and right to practice the profession in
accordance with professional standards and subject to professional or
regulatory controls.
explanatory context
analytical review
The UNESCO definition of recognition is:
Professional Recognition:
Refers to the right to practice and the professional status accorded to a
holder of a qualification. Owing to different
regulations for the recognition of degrees or titles, a differentiation of two
groups should be made: de Jure Professional Recognition applies
to the right to work in a specific country in a legally regulated profession (e.g.,
as a medical doctor). In the European Union, for instance, those regulations
exist in both home and host countries and are subject to various European Union
Specific Directives. De Facto Professional Recognition refers
to situations of unregulated professional recognition, such as situations in
which no national legal authorization exists or is required. (Vl‹sceanu et al. 2004, pp.55Š56)
related terms
See
also
academic recognition procedures
sources
Vlãsceanu, L., Grünberg, L., and Pârlea, D., 2004, Quality Assurance and Accreditation: A Glossary of Basic Terms and Definitions (Bucharest, UNESCO-CEPES) Papers on Higher Education, ISBN 92-9069-178-6. http://www.cepes.ro/publications/Default.htm accessed Jan 2005, neither this nor the later edition (2007) are available on-line at this address 18 January 2012.