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It is said that “things are the way they are because they got that way”. So please, step back with me, into the mists of time …. time … time … Once upon a time, not so many years ago … the UK was swamped by a confusion of work-related qualifications based on classroom tests, [...]

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I’m just starting on a consultancy contract to completely update the national occupational standards for the UK travel and tourism industries. Those standards will become the new basis for the National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in the industry so it is important to get them right and we are taking best part of a year to [...]

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There has been much UK press excitement this week about McDonald’s (yes, that McDonald’s) being approved as an “awarding body” so that they can offer, assess and moderate their own in-house management and supervisory qualifications. The extent of coverage came as something of a surprise. No so much because of the story itself, but because [...]

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A campaign launches in the UK today which encourages school leavers, and particularly their parents, to think about alternatives to the “automatic” choice of a university degree course. The campaign by the Edge Foundation suggests that whilst university may well be the best option for many young people, others may be better advised to get [...]

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