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Ofqual consultation event – Have your say
3rd December 2010
Time of Change: Ofqual
Ofqual: new regulator
Officially created eight months ago
Confirmed by the Government in DfE White Paper and in BIS strategy documents
Currently concentrating on three aspects of our work
- the way we regulate awarding organisations
- our role as an economic regulator
- our role in complaints and appeals
Today is for you to have your say.
Regulating qualifications to secure standards and value
Why regulate?
What are we regulating?
How will we regulate?
What does this mean for you?
Why we regulate
What we regulate
Regulating in a time of change
Better principles for regulation– Transparent– Targeted– Consistent– Accountable– Proportionate
Our principles for regulation
We will:-
– Act in accordance with the principles of better regulation– Base our decisions on evidence– Target our interventions in response to our assessment of risk
posed to standards, learners, efficiency and public confidence– Make sure our staff have the skills and knowledge to undertaken
their roles– Engage with each organisation we regulate in a fair and open
manner– Use proportionate enforcement sanctions where necessary– Contribute evidence-based advice on policy options that affect
regulated activities and organisations
Our principles for regulation
Awarding organisations will:-
– Make sure they behave in accordance with the conditions of recognition to which it is subject, and that it has the expertise and resources to do so
– Be accountable for the quality and standards of the qualifications it awards and the efficiency with which it operates
– Respect our role as a regulator and cooperate with us– Take remedial action if things go wrong and ensure we are
informed promptly
Recognition criteria
Governance
Resources
Operations
Quality assurance
Financial viability
Efficiency
Recognition conditions
Secure efficiency and value for money
Securing standards
Authority with complaints and appeals
Your views
Ask, challenge, discuss– Us to you– You to us
We aren’t looking for formal answers today– Ideas– Themes– Opinions
Ofqual consultation event – Have your say
3rd December 2010
Thank you!
Any questions?
What next?
Consultations close on 31 January 2011
Review of responses
Final report
Roll out of new processes from April