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.

Revised GCSEs will include features of the new secondary curriculum and may be studied as part of a Diploma.

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.