For over a year the sector has been entrenched in unpuzzling an ambitious slate of reforms. With unnerving haste, the UK government is delivering an untested Post-16 education model which is big-state and high-concept, and which threatens to diminish user choice by reducing variety and competition in accreditation, reinforce failure rather than success (see GCSE resit policy), and potentially create a massive risk of exams system failure.

ABE, the not-for-profit awarding body specialising in business qualifications, has appointed Rob May as its new CEO. Currently managing director of YMCA Awards, Rob will start his new role on May 8th 2017.