formal qualification
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformalandqualification
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formal
adjective
uk/ˈfɔː.məl/us/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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qualification
noun
uk/ˌkwɒl.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkwɑː.lə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
an official record showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary ...
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(Definition offormalandqualificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofformal qualification
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One theme that emerged from the qualitative interviews was the drive to preserve or gain self-esteem through a socially-recognised and valuedformalqualification.
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The study population is distinctive in two respects : their participation in the accreditation process and that they complete with aformalqualification.
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A few extracts from these earlier interviews exemplify the discourses and meanings that later-life students attach to aformalqualification.
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While they are a minority of those who obtain aformalqualification, and are normally referred to as 'older ' learners, the assessment and accreditation aspects appeal to only a minority.
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The difficulty is that she has noformalqualificationand that she lives in a remote area.
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However, there will be noformalqualificationof any sort.
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They may not lead to aformalqualificationin themselves, but they often form the bottom rung of the educational ladder.
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Perhaps aformalqualificationshould be established for such officers and a formal body through which they must be registered should also be established.
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No additionalformalqualificationis required before members of either profession can administer a general anaesthetic in the course of dental surgery.
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There is no provision, in law, for doctors with specialist medical training, but noformalqualification, to enter the register.
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Yet it failed to issue aformalqualificationof the accounts.
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For that reason, not everybody who is in current practice will necessarily hold aformalqualification.
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That is the qualification that is required, not theformalqualification.
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My view, as indicated in my consultation letter, was that the degree of skill needed to drive a minibus was not such as to call for aformalqualification.
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It is possible that the self-perpetuating quest for increasingly high levels offormalqualificationcan lead to an effective debasement of the intellectual and professional currency.
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Its work included advice and recommendations regarding assessment of these competencies and on how possible to draw up aformalqualificationin escorting for issue by an awarding body.
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The training that they undertake ought to be of one or two years' duration and take the form of special courses without necessarily leading toformalqualification.
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But we now find that the training of probation officers is going in one direction, leading to noformalqualification, although it does involve some training.
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This distinct training package was not part of anyformalqualification.
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He trained as a teacher but spent his spare time pursuing his passion for archaeology and never took aformalqualificationin the discipline.
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