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The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education will start charging £40 for every apprenticeship external quality assurance check it does from September. Robert Nitsch, the quangos chief operating officer, told the Association of Employment and Learning Provider’s conference this afternoon that charging for their work, which is currently free, is the “right thing to do”. […]
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The Institute for Apprenticeships has called for the assistance of the government’s exams and HE watchdogs in devising an “optimised” external quality assurance system for apprenticeships. Sir Gerry Berragan, the institute’s chief executive, wrote letters in April to the chief regulator at Ofqual, Sally Collier, and the chief executive of the Office for Students, Nicola […]
The body that regulates qualifications in England has added its voice to fears about the government’s plans for scrapping applied general qualifications including BTECs. Ofqual believes there is a “risk” that a barrier to student progress may be created if alternative choices to T-levels and A-levels are “unduly restricted”. It is particularly concerned about this […]
The new qualifications will be ready for teaching from September 1. Some aspects have stayed the same, but you need to be aware of a few vital changes, says Ian Sugarman Reformed functional skills qualifications in English and maths will be taught from September 1. The Department for Education and Ofqual have consulted on and […]
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The Department for Education is calling for views on the content for new digital functional skills qualifications that will become available for first teaching and free of charge from August 2021. They will replace the existing functional skills qualifications (FSQs) in ICT, which will stop being available from July 2021. The legacy ICT qualifications are […]
It has never been more crucial that we ensure that we have the best regime possible to assess quality, says Sir Gerry Berragan, chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education Our mission at the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education is to develop high-quality apprenticeships and technical qualifications in order to transform […]
Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Michelle Howard, Executive director, The Lancashire Colleges Start date: May 2019 Previous job: Business development manager, Manchester Metropolitan University Interesting fact: She once completed a tandem skydive for charity. Sean Pearce, Chief operating officer, Ofqual Start date: January 2019 Previous job: Director of finance, West Midlands Combined […]
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An end-point assessment organisation is facing a potential fine of £50,000 after “technical issues” affected its delivery of apprenticeship assessments. The notice of intention to impose a monetary penalty on the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx), published today, is the first such fine floated by Ofqual. CILEx, an EPAO for two apprenticeship standards, admitted […]
Police investigating high-profile leaks of Edexcel A-level exam papers in 2017 and 2018 have passed their first case to the Crown Prosecution Service. Pearson, the exam board’s parent company, has announced today that officers “have made progress in their investigation” from the first “limited” breach in 2017, and have referred their first case to prosecutors. […]
