Methodology behind every score.
The Course Employability Score is a weighted, auditable framework. Four pillars, one hundred points, four risk bands. Partner signals may appear in evidence but are excluded from the weighted score.
Score in, financing verdict out.
Weights are nominal, evidence sets the floor.
Each pillar carries a nominal weight on the 100-point scale. Pillars with thin evidence are dropped and the remaining ones are renormalised so the total still sums to 100.
Training Quality
Regulatory recognition of the qualification (NQR mapping, regulator licensure, expiry/lapse state). Penalised when the qualification pack is expired or absent.
The market pillar is five sub-signals.
Market Dynamics rolls up demand, salary realism, sector trajectory, automation possibility and structural displacement risk. Sub-weights:
We’d rather grade a pathway honestly low than falsely high.
Renormalisation floor
When any pillar's evidence confidence falls below 25%, its weight is dropped and the remaining pillars are scaled up proportionally. The final score is then derated by overall blended confidence.
Single-source cap
When fewer than 2 independent sources contribute to the role, the final CES is capped at 35 to prevent thin-evidence overscoring.
Insufficient-evidence band
When too many pillars fail the confidence floor, the role is moved to the "Insufficient evidence" band. Financing verdict: Cannot underwrite.
The full methodology document (CES_METHODOLOGY.md) lives alongside the scoring engine and is available on request. This page is generated from public/ces-methodology.json (framework CES v2, version 1.0).
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