Sentence examples for of new qualifications from inspiring English sources

For example, OCR has a suite of new qualifications that focus on this area and use technologies to look at entrepreneurial and business skills.

After investment in excess of £55bn and the introduction of new qualifications, along with a more cohesive system, the FE sector has successfully prepared itself for the challenges ahead.

John Taylor, a teacher who worked on AS-level piloting of new qualifications in science and an extended project for the Edexcel board from 2006, says: "Piloting is crucial.

Mike Nicholson, head of student recruitment and admissions at Bath University and a member of the AQA exam board council of trustees, said: "For teachers in England there's an awful lot of change with a whole range of new qualifications.

But neither did the acquisition of new qualifications, such as training certificates, obtained by completing those courses.

The prospect of hundreds of thousands of pupils embarking on new qualifications that have not been extensively tested before launch is likely to cause grave disquiet in many quarters.

"This will make sure that the year group students are not disadvantaged or advantaged because of the introduction of the new qualifications, and will provide some certainty about what to expect at this time of significant change".

Andrew Hall, chief executive of the AQA exam board, said it was "a clear and stable set of results" that showed there had been a "safe delivery of the new qualifications" despite fears of turbulence.

Instead of introducing a range of wholly new qualifications, Mr Gove said he was setting out the way in which he intends to tighten up and reform existing GCSEs.

However, the principles behind the introduction of the new qualifications and the ongoing implementation of Curriculum for Excellence are not in themselves matters of political controversy within Scotland.

The development of the new qualifications is about updating, modernising the practice of nursing.