On 16th May Ofqual published its General Conditions of Recognition and Criteria for Recognition for Awarding Organisations and their qualifications. Friday 18th May 2012 is the deadline for the submission of a statement of compliance and associated self-evaluation to assure the regulator that its requirements can continue to be met. Read more 
Another wave of regulation
Government response to the Wolf Review
I watched Michael Gove’s statement to the House of Commons on 12th May as he outlined the government’s response to the review of vocational education undertaken by Professor Alison Wolf.
One of the things I welcome is the requirement to continue with mathematics and English if a learner does not achieve a decent GCSE in those subjects by the age of 16. However, Read more
Is the Internet a place?
Recent reports about the privacy concerns of users of social networking services (such as FaceBook, LinkedIn or MySpace) and online gaming have highlighted one of the problems of regulating activity on the Internet: who regulates? Read more
