Awarding First Information

Welcome to Awarding First - specialists in Ofqual compliance, vocational learning, education and skills Awarding First works with awarding organisations and with education, skills and training suppliers. Specialising in providing solutions and delivering projects to help achieve organisational objectives, improvements, efficiencies and organisation/team engagement. Heather Venis of Awarding First understands the organisational issues and requirements from direct experience of working for exam boards, awarding organisations and professional bodies. Awarding First can help with expertise and know-how and provides a range of services. Awarding First can help with - Obtaining relevant accreditations, getting ready for accreditation & ensuring a smooth application process and that client’s ambitions for accreditation are realised. - Developing value-added product portfolios, qualifications and assessment, qualification specification and development, depending on an organisation’s starting point Awarding First can provide support on strategy, research, stakeholder engagement, concept and detailed development. Recommending effective assessment and related arrangements for the client. - Improving learning provision, guidance of learning support options and opportunities. Working with centres to achieve mutual interests. - Enhancing quality assurance, optimising arrangements, integrity of awards and working methods; getting the team engaged. - Enabling more efficient operations – identifying where resources including systems and staffing can be both effective and more efficient. - Maintaining Ofqual compliance, evaluation and action planning; risk management, good governance, organisation leadership and management of the awarding function, internal audit, helping clients to understand what is happening, what controls might be required and how to address areas at risk.