February 24, 2021

Why should I take an Assessor qualification?

Why should I take an Assessor qualification? If you’ve heard people talking about being an assessor and thought about doing this yourself you might be wondering if you really need to take an Assessor qualification.  After all, you’re probably experienced and/or qualified in your industry and know what you’re doing, so why get an additional […]

January 28, 2021

Which IQA qualification should I take?

If you’re thinking about becoming an Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) you’re basically going to have a role as your organisations’ quality assurance specialist.  This is a really important role as it’s the IQA who can often make or break a centres’ chances of getting approval to offer a qualification, and also getting candidates through to […]

January 4, 2021

GLH, RQF, TQT, EQA, IQA – a confusing bunch of letters!

If you’re looking at taking a training course which leads to a proper, recognised, qualification then you’ve probably noticed that the whole area is rife with acronyms, initials and odd little three-letter addendums.  You’re certainly not alone if you think that these are confusing, inconsistent and, well, generally a pain to deal with. We’re talking […]

December 21, 2020

Online training – is it worthwhile?

Online training has come a long way in recent years, indeed the uptake for online training, or e-learning, worldwide is shortly due to pass those of traditional face-to-face courses. But how does it compare with traditional bricks and mortar learning? To consider whether any training is truly worthwhile we really have to consider three things:1. […]