Career Advice

If your thinking of a career as either an Assessor, End Point Assessor or even an Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) maybe these blog posts will help you make the right choices. You will even find tips on how to apply for that perfect job and preparing for your interview.

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Assessors, Assessor Training & Qualifications

If you are looking to add Assessors to your organisation, there are lots of different things to consider. First, you need to look at the range of Assessor qualifications and decide which is best suited to your organisation’s assessment strategy. Then you need to identify who would be best to take on the role of […]

How to Find a Job as an IEPA

The role of an Independent End-Point Assessor (IEPA) is to ensure that an apprentice has met the apprenticeship standard. It is also their responsibility to confirm the apprentice is occupationally competent within their role. An IEPA differs from an On-Programme Assessor as they are completely separate from the training provider, employer and apprentice. They have […]

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What’s the Difference between Teaching & Assessing?

If you have had a good browse through our website you will probably already be aware that we offer Assessor qualifications as well as tutor training courses. There is often some confusion between how teaching and assessing differs; so we want to bring you this blog to explain the two in further detail. Teaching Let’s […]

5 Reasons to Complete the AET Course

If you are wanting to teach or train students, you are probably aware that the best course for you to take is the Level 3 Award in Education & Training (AET). Not only will you learn the roles and responsibilities required of a teacher; but you will also learn how to deliver teaching sessions to […]

What is an IQA Qualification?

Following on from our mini lockdown series, we thought it would be a good idea to run through some of the qualifications that we offer in case you wanted to reskill yourself in time for the New Year. Let’s start with the IQA (Internal Quality Assurer) qualification. The role of an IQA is to ensure […]

10 Interview Tips to Make a Good Lasting Impression

If you have put your time to good use during this second lockdown you may well have reskilled and gained an Assessor qualification to add to your portfolio. After all of that hard work, firstly congratulations! Secondly, we want you to know that we are here to help you on your way to climbing that […]

Studying Tips for Full-Time Workers

Juggling a full-time career alongside studying or training can be extremely difficult. That is before you add children and a relationship to the mix! There is no such thing as being too old to study, so get that idea straight out of your head too. Lockdown provides the perfect opportunity to reskill yourself and help […]

Adult Learning in a Pandemic

Learning tends to stop for most of us after we have gone through school, college and then even a degree. It is then a natural progression to jump into a career and work your way up the promotional ladder. A couple of weeks ago it was Lifelong Learning Week, so there has never been a […]

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Why Should You Do a Course with Brooks and Kirk?

There has never been a better time to enrol on a distance learning course and improve your career prospects. Even if you are fortunate enough to still have a full-time job, there isn’t much to do at weekends other than sit around in our COVID ‘bubbles’. Why not put this extra time to good use […]

A Career That Won’t Stop in a Pandemic

The pandemic has certainly brought with it a lot of unease and worry for employees. The initial furlough scheme meant that many people were being paid for not working, which seemed like a great thing to begin with. However, with the scheme ending many businesses had to make staff redundant. Employees who have been negatively […]