We are a white British middle income family, and I suppose my reasons for using a tutor could be summarised as 'lack of confidence in school maths teaching and awareness of how important maths knowledge and qualifications are'.
Tim Loy, chief executive officer of Age Partnership, said: "Many advisers from the sub-prime and buy-to-let markets looking to find a replacement income stream are entering the equity release market without the necessary skills, knowledge and qualifications.
While other industries are supported by an array of universities who produce graduates with robust knowledge and qualifications that aid their career progression, the voluntary sector has been overlooked.
"As a consequence, our main focus in the last few years has been ensuring that we recruit and train ombudsmen with the right skills, knowledge and qualifications to deliver decisions that not only involve complex and hard-fought subjects, but are legally binding," the spokesman says.
Engineers looking to improve their knowledge and qualifications in the area of mobile hydraulics technology can now take advantage of the Mobile Hydraulics distance learning programme at the UK National Fluid Power Centre NFPCC).
Interpretation of immunofluorescence patterns is influenced by the knowledge and individual qualification of the investigator.
The qualifications that Wolf did single out for praise were the ones where students gained real workplace skills, academic knowledge and vocational qualifications all together.
This training is essential to developing your skills and knowledge, and obtaining a qualification approved by the Health and Care Professions Council is also a requirement before you can register with them and practise social work.
That, to me, sounded like a 'useful' thing to try to do, so I set out to acquire some relevant knowledge and a further qualification.
They assessed conventional and traditional practitioners' knowledge, qualifications, and treatment procedures.
