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International Day of Happiness

International Day of Happiness

Today is the International Day of Happiness! Great. But it’s Monday…and it’s still cold, and wet…and you’re still stuck in the same job with the same conversation over the same watercooler/vending machine/car-park space (delete where applicable), so why should today be happier than any other day? It seems that everyone is hunting for happiness –…
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Get Apprenticeship Levy Ready

What do you know about the apprenticeship levy? As the start of the apprenticeship levy approaches, assessor training and trainer courses have never been more relevant. From April 2017, companies with a payroll bill in excess of £3million will have to pay a 0.5% apprenticeship levy. The good news is that employers will be able…
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The Skills Plan

The Skills Minister, Nick Boles, has this month launched ‘The Post-16 Skills Plan’, due to be implemented in 2019.  The Skills Plan, developed in response to an independent report into technical education by an expert panel chaired by Lord Sainsbury, ‎proposes replacing the current outdated system of more than 20,000 courses provided by 160 different organisations‎…
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ATDirect Approval to Award 9 New Qualifications

ATDirect are pleased to announce that we now offer the following qualifications (in addition to the Assessor and IQA certificates): Level 2 Diploma in Business Administration Level 2 Diploma in Customer Service Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training Level 3 Award In Education and Training Level 3 Certificate In Problem Solving in Community Safety…
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Essay-Writing Companies – The Man Who Helps Students Cheat

Are academia finally seeing the benefits of alternative forms of assessment, just like NVQ assessments, with the rise of essay-writing companies…?   Nothing new perhaps, but it’s good to see that academia are realising there’s far more to it than just writing stuff down… Here’s the BBC report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36276324
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Construction Training Academy gains Approved Centre Status with ATDirect’s Support

ATDirect are delighted to announce our successful association with Construction Training Academy (CTA), one of the most highly respected and rapidly growing training and assessment centres in the sector.  ATDirect supplied consultancy support in the set up process which led to successful approval by CSkills Awards as an Approved Assessment Centre on 5th April 2016. CTA are…
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VQ Day

VQ Day is a celebration of vocational achievement.  There are GCSE and A-Level results days so why not a day to celebrate VQs?  Hence VQ Day!  Vocational qualifications have never been more important to the economy and the individual; they deliver the trained, talented employees businesses are crying out for and ensure young people have…
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What does RQF mean for Learners?

At the beginning of October 2015 OfQual withdrew the Regulatory Arrangements for the QCF (Qualification Credits Framework) and replaced it with a new framework for qualifications called the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF). So what does this mean? Basically, QCF was very prescriptive about how qualifications should be structured – the RQF allows more flexibility for…
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