Qualifications and Assessment
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Market uncertainty impacts ASDAN
Feb 1, 2012
ASDAN, the qualifications body for personal and social skills led by CEO Marius Franks, has reported a 10% fall in revenue to £6.34m (2010: £7.03m restated) for the year ended 31 August 2011 and an operating loss of £407k (2010: £630k surplus restated).
OCR and Pearson launch new generation of ICT qualifications for September 2012
Feb 1, 2012
OCR and Pearson UK both used last month’s BETT 2012 show to announce the launch of a new generation of ICT qualifications.
Qualification revenue up 13.6% at Edexcel
Jan 3, 2012
Edexcel, the Pearson owned UK awarding body, has reported pre-tax profits of £93.2m (2009: £70.5m – 12 months) for the 14 month period ended 28 February 2011.
Revenue up 2.3% at Cambridge Assessment
Jan 3, 2012
Cambridge Assessment Group (CAG) has reported a 3.2% increase in revenue to £274m (2010: £265m) for the year ended 31 July 2011 according to the recently published accounts of the University of Cambridge.
SQA reports 3% increase in exam fee income
Jan 3, 2012
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has reported a 3% increase in income from examination fees to £38.3m (2010: £37.2m) for the year ended 31 March 2011 according to the organisation’s latest Annual Report and Accounts.
Mouchel Consortium awarded JCQ contract
Jan 2, 2012
The Joint Council of Qualifications (JCQ) which represents the seven largest providers of qualifications in the UK - AQA, City & Guilds, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, SQA and WJEC - has awarded Mouchel and its partner 2e2 a new 12-month contract to continue to provide a web service that allows individuals with special educational needs access to school exams.
Pearson to develop PISA assessment for OECD
Dec 1, 2011
Pearson has been appointed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to develop the framework for the organisation’s PISA educational assessment for 2015.
Examination revenue down 8% at VTCT
Dec 1, 2011
The Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT) – the awarding body which offers vocational qualifications in hairdressing, beauty therapy, health and sports therapy – has reported a fall of 8.4% to £4.68m (2010: £5.01m) in sales of its qualifications for the year ended 31 July 2011.
Questionmark Computing reports profits for shortened financial year
Oct 31, 2011
Questionmark Computing, the assessment technology company, has reported an operating profit of £46k on revenue of £5.60m for the eight months to 31 December 2010 according to accounts filed last month at Companies House.
Revenue down 6% at EMTA Awards
Oct 3, 2011
EMTA Awards Limited (EAL), the vocational awarding body for engineering, building services and related sectors, has reported a further fall in revenue of 6% to £7.80m (2010: £8.82m) for the year ended 31 March 2011.
OCR launches free A level eBooks
Aug 31, 2011
This month OCR launches its free A level eBooks service in conjunction with OUP and Hodder Education.
Operating profits up 17% at Granada Learning
Jul 31, 2011
Granada Learning Group (GL), the Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) owned publisher of educational assessment and tests, has reported an operating profit up 17% to £2.7m (2009: £2.3m) for the year ended 31 December 2010 on revenue also up 17% to £18.4m (2009: £15.7m).
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