We're absolutely delighted to announce that PAL has been shortlisted for the Federation of Awarding Bodies EPA Awards 2022! The awards ceremony celebrates the achievements of end-point assessment organisations over the past year and will take place at FAB's EPA 2022 Conference on the 19th of May. PAL is a finalist in the Multi-Standard EPAO of the Year (SME) [...]
This White Paper will review the use of Professional Discussion (PD) as an assessment method and will include an insight into the findings of published academic research, in particular a study by Ahmed, Pollitt & Rose (2009). What is Professional Discussion? This use of PDs has become increasingly significant in End-Point Assessment (EPA) either as a discrete component with [...]
The ESFA has published three guides to support high-quality end-point assessment for apprenticeships. Each guide is specific to either the apprentice, employer or training provider. Contents include how best to prepare for end-point assessment and important information about resits and retakes. The links to the documents can be found below: Apprentice Guidance Employer Guidance Training Provider Guidance [...]
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has produced a useful, short video clip that explains the application and purpose of the most common assessment methods used in EPA. Click here to view the video.
Successful providers must have effective funding compliance and data validation arrangements. My team are proud to be part of a service that is securing learning provision and funding to thousands of learners and their employers. An effective funding compliance regime is not only a source of financial safeguarding and assurance to training provider management, but it is also a [...]
