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Proposed regulatory approach for level 2 qualifications designed to lead to skilled employment and level 1 qualifications that are prerequisites to employment in England.
A memorandum providing an assessment of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA).
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
We are seeking views on the SSA system, how this system is working, and views on the current Sector Subject Areas being used within it.
We'd like your views on the de-designation of the Higher Education Statistics Authority as the designated data body under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Analysis of the effect changes to post-16 qualifications at level 3 will have on specific protected groups of people.
Proposed regulatory approach for alternative academic and alternative technical qualifications at level 3 in England
We are seeking views on this draft guidance for awarding organisations on producing accessible assessments – including exams.
Consultation on remaining policy proposals and draft Conditions, Requirements and Guidance.
Our proposals on the design, delivery, awarding and maintenance of standards of Digital Functional Skills Qualifications.
We are seeking views on proposed subject content for new digital functional skills qualifications.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A joint consultation published by Ofqual and the Department for Education on VTQ arrangements for the academic year 2021 to 2022.
What the government will do to reform level 3 qualifications following a consultation that closed in January 2021.
Consultation on the detail of the VTQ Contingency Regulatory Framework.
The national retraining scheme was announced in 2017 to help adults to retrain as the economy changes.
The approach to awarding vocational and technical grades in 2021 following the cancellation of exams.
Our proposals for extending the extraordinary regulatory framework.
Our proposals for extending the Extraordinary Regulatory Framework.
We're seeking views on plans to improve the quality of classroom-based higher technical education in England.
A letter from the government to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) about
What the government will do to reform higher technical education following a consultation held in 2019.
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