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OCR exam board chief Mark Dawe resigns

The chief executive of one of the country’s leading awarding organisations has resigned, it was announced today. Mark Dawe, chief executive of OCR, will leave the company at the end of the month after successfully overseeing the completion of marking in this year’s summer exams. Mr Dawe, a former principal and chief executive at Hertfordshire’s […]

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OCR won’t face action over 2014 exam results near-miss

Exam board OCR will not face action over events which almost led to it failing to issue A level results last summer, Ofqual has confirmed. The qualifications watchdog has released its investigation into a series of issues at OCR last year which put at risk the delivery of the 2014 GCSE and A level results. A […]

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Ofqual praised over decision to simplify how qualification sizes will be described after QCF scrapped

The Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) has welcomed Ofqual’s decision to simplify its original plans for how the size of qualifications will be described after the current Qualifications Credit Framework (QCF) has been scrapped. The qualifications watchdog launched a three-month 19-question consultation on March 25 requesting views from across the sector on its plans to […]

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Ofqual chief Glenys Stacey to stand down

Ofqual chief executive Glenys Stacey has announced that she will be standing down at the end of February. Ms Stacey (pictured), who is also Ofqual’s chief regulator, said today that she thought “the time is right now for a change in leadership”. She has led the qualifications watchdog, which was set up in April 2010, […]

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Boles tasks Education and Training Foundation with functional skills ‘reform programme’

The Education and Training Foundation has been asked to draw up a “programme of reform” for functional skills qualifications, Skills Minister Nick Boles has announced. In a letter to providers, Mr Boles said he was tasking the Foundation with coming up with ideas to make the qualifications a “well-respected and credible” alternative to GCSEs. It […]

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FE providers ‘design and deliver their own quals’ in proposed new ‘sub-degree’ technical skills system

A report out today calls for a new system of accrediting “sub-degree technical education” in which FE colleges and independent learning providers can “design and deliver their own qualifications”. Dr Scott Kelly, in his report entitled Raising productivity by improving higher technical education: Tackling the level four and level five conundrum, said the new system […]

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Ofqual vocational quals chief hails apprenticeship levy an ‘extraordinary concession’ by Treasury

Ofqual FE chief Jeremy Benson hailed plans for an apprenticeship levy an “extraordinary concession” by the Treasury and said it would provide “momentum” for the programme’s 3m starts target by 2020. Mr Benson, Ofqual executive director for vocational qualifications, spoke about the large employer levy at an Education Reform Summit, in London, organised by The Education Foundation, on […]

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Police shelve investigation into provider that owed £800k

Warwickshire Police have shelved their investigation into independent learning provider Bright International, which left learners, staff and other creditors £800k out of pocket when it was placed into administration last year. A number of former learners claimed they paid for courses that were never certificated. The Warwickshire-based provider then went under in September having been […]

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Questions yet to be answered in Ofqual’s QCF reforms

Ofqual recently outlined its plans for closing the unit databank as part of its ongoing work to withdraw the regulatory arrangements for the Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF). Andrew Gladstone-Heighton outlines his concerns. Just to make it clear at the outset; I’ve been in the sector long enough to remember the introduction of the QCF […]

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