The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has announced that it will move to a new simplified external quality assurance (EQA) system following a public consultation earlier this year. The changes will see EQA delivered by Ofqual or, for integrated degree apprenticeships, the Office for Students (OfS), with the first step to the new system to be in October. The IfATE will also set up a new directory of professional and employer-led organisations for Ofqual and OfS to draw on industry expertise. Ofqual and OfS will transition apprenticeships across to them over a two-year period. The full response document published can be read on the Institute’s website. Comment from Ofqual is available here.
