Ofqual, Politics

£16k legal bill blow as apprentice assessor’s £50k fine upheld

EPAO refutes Ofqual allegations that the company deliberately breached rules for financial gain

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofqual

MPs give Sir Ian Bauckham the nod for Ofqual top job

Education committee hope he will serve a full term and 'restore much-needed stability' to the exams regulator

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofqual

Root out qualifications fraud, Ofqual tells industry regulators

Cross-agency work underway to identify scale of abuse

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofqual

Scots regulator rapped over building site safety malpractice

Ofqual found a failure to 'rigorously' investigate malpractice at the Scottish regulator and awarding body's assessment centres in England

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, Ofqual

Ofqual issues £50k fine to EPAO but owner refuses to pay

Dormant awarding body claims it is being used as a ‘sacrificial lamb’ as regulator shows off ‘fining power’ to...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Exams, Ofqual

Price of exams soar above inflation in 2024

General qualifications rise 6.4% while VTQs increase 5.5%

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Ofqual

City and Guilds fined £200k for regulatory breaches

Ofqual found multiple 'errors' related to assessment materials and results

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofqual

FAB to investigate regulators’ impact on health and wellbeing

Ofqual welcomes research as 'mental health and wellbeing are very important issues'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofqual, Skills reform

Unique student identifiers should be compulsory across awarding bodies, say researchers

Ofqual backs idea that would make the delivery of student results ‘safer’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden