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The Benefits of vocational qualifications reform

For learners

These include:

  • increasing the value of qualifications
  • increasing flexibility
  • clear learner record
  • easier to understand
  • enhanced further opportunities

Find out more about the benefits for learners.

For employers

These include:

  • demand-driven qualifications
  • easier to understand qualifications
  • flexible qualifications responsive to employer needs

Find out more about the benefits for employers.

For awarding organisations

These include:

  • a more flexible regulatory framework
  • closer working relationships with Sector Skills Councils, working in partnership with employers and providers
  • more strategic regulatory controls

Find out more about the benefits for awarding organisations.

For FE providers

These include:

  • better designed programmes of study
  • improved retention and progression
  • better information on learners’ past achievements
  • better description of learners’ achievements

Find out more about the benefits for FE providers.

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