Navigating the qualifications landscape
At Ofqual’s recent employer event we spoke about the regulated qualifications landscape and what we’re doing to help people navigate it.
Vocational and technical qualifications
We’re looking for experts in vocational and technical qualifications
We're seeking external subject experts, to complement our expertise in assessment and regulation, who can help shape new qualifications by evaluating assessments and scrutinising qualifications. Working as a subject expert Ofqual experts are independent contractors who are paid for the …
Quality assuring new apprenticeships: 101
There are many elements to get right with new apprenticeships, including defining clearly what an apprentice should be learning and designing appropriate assessments to test the knowledge, skills and behaviours apprentices are expected develop. With many organisations involved it is important that we work together.
When size does matter…
A few weeks ago we reminded awarding organisations that they must justify the sizes allocated to many of their qualifications by the end of June. There’s been some discussion of what this means and why we’re doing it, so here …
Regulating apprenticeship end-point assessments
Vocational Qualifications team at Annual Apprenticeships Conference On 17 March Bryan Horne, Associate Director of Standards for Vocational Qualifications and Apprenticeships and I, ran a workshop on end point assessment in apprenticeships at FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC), at the …
We’re looking for MFL & vocational subject experts
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A levels and GCSEs, Vocational and technical qualifications
Ofqual staff hold a great deal of knowledge regarding, among other things, assessment practices, standards, regulatory policy, and compliance. However, as a relatively small organisation, we do not have the necessary in-house subject expertise to address the full range of …
Explaining the RQF
Today the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) is officially launched. The framework should help people understand all the qualifications we regulate, general and vocational in England, and vocational in Northern Ireland, and how they relate to each other.
Regulating for valid vocational qualifications
It is some time since I last blogged; a lot has happened since then and I want to update you on some of the work we've been doing. One thing we’ve done is to outline more clearly our approach to …
An introduction to our new approach to regulating vocational qualifications
I'm Jeremy Benson, Executive Director for Vocational Qualifications (VQs) at Ofqual, the qualifications regulator for Northern Ireland and England. I’ll be blogging about our new approach to regulating VQs as it develops, and about our work and the issues we're …
What’s the deal with Guided Learning Hours?
We’re taking a look at Guided Learning Hours and we want to hear from you if you have a burning issue with them.