Embedding the new Ofqual Principles into the Everyday
If you are an Awarding Organisation (AO) you could be forgiven (not by Ofqual!) for missing the formal addition of the new principles into the…
Awarding Organisations
Training Provider Preparation for the new system of Apprenticeship Assessment
The forthcoming world of apprenticeships assessment marks a significant change in the way apprenticeship assessments are designed and delivered. For non-integrated apprenticeships it will be…
Navigating policy into practice: What AELP’s Apprenticeship Assessment Summit tells us about the year ahead
Held in Birmingham last week, the AELP Apprenticeship Assessment Summit took place as apprenticeship assessment reform moves out of policy design and towards the point…
Over An Imaginary Coffee With Jacqui Smith: A Plea For The Forgotten Many
If I had half an hour with Baroness Jacqui Smith, Minister of State for Skills, over a coffee, I’d love to have a chat about…
Preparing for Change: What Ofqual regulated EPAOs Need to Know About Assessment Strategies
This is the second article from Sarah Sutcliffe and Jackie Stark from ProAssess and Jacqui Molkenthin from JEML Consulting designed to support EPAOs/AOs understand the…
Major Shift from EPAs: Ofqual Consults on New Apprenticeship Evaluation System
New regulatory framework introduces greater flexibility while maintaining quality standards Ofqual, the independent regulator for qualifications in England, today launched a consultation on a comprehensive…
AAT’s new Board and governing structure launches
AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) has launched its new governing structure – which has remained largely unchanged for nearly a decade – with a newly…