Free events in autumn 2008 and spring 2009

Information, training and support from the NAA for exams officers.

Revised A levels will reduce the assessment burden for candidates and present more opportunities for higher achievers to demonstrate their abilities.

A new level 3 qualification designed to prepare candidates for work or university.

GCSEs are changing. New criteria have been produced to ensure that all GCSEs (short courses, single and double awards) are revised and improved.

New qualifications designed to help learners gain the most from education, work and everyday life.

The UKRLP is a database of learning providers, each with its own UK provider reference number.

A new set of entry level and level 1 units and qualifications.

The QCF enables 'credit' for qualifications and units to be earned, accumulated and transferred so learners gain qualifications at their own pace.

A more work-focused learning experience, aimed at those who are not achieving their potential, are unmotivated or are at risk of losing interest in learning.

A new secondary curriculum, to be introduced alongside reformed qualifications.

New ways of progressing from a Diploma to an apprenticeship.

Skills, incorporated into a Diploma, that will help young people take responsibility, make decisions and be willing to learn.

University-level learning for school or college students already working at level 3.