Monthly News for Centres - August 2008  

• Update on online UPK tests for plumbing, 6129
• More flexibility for GOLA users
• Over 5,000 Hair copies sold in the last 3 weeks!
• Brand new content on SmartScreen...
• ProActive Level 2 Food and Drink Service textbook is now available...
  

Plumbing 6129 online UPK tests

Customer feedback is important to City & Guilds. Following a succesful pilot programme we've listened carefully to your views and adjusted our policy. Testing will not be mandatory for candidates already registered on the Walled Garden.

If your centre runs 6129 please read full update.
Download update here. (Adobe Acrobat PDF,  20KB)

Enhancement for GOLA users

We have extended the unlock period for GOLA tests from 5 hours to 8 hours.
Previously the tests could be unlocked by centres up to one hour before the scheduled test time and four hours after – five hours in total. The change allows tests to be unlocked up to four hours before the scheduled test time so tests are now available for an eight hour window in total.

More flexibility for you
You can now unlock several exams together, or release evening exams earlier in the day so staff won’t need to stay late.
Testing with a laptop away from an internet connection is now easier as you have eight hours to access the scheduled test rather than five.

Have you cut out marking yet?

Online knowledge tests are already available in these qualifications, at all levels:

Hairdressing and Barbering NVQs (3104/15)
Beauty Therapy NVQs (3203/25/24)
Hospitality and Catering NVQs (7081/82/83)

‘The candidates do like the instant results. They find it motivating as the instant score reports always provoke a lively response in the group.’ Boston College

View a hair and beauty demo
View a hospitality and catering demo

Have you ordered your logbook yet?  Hurry we've sold over 5,000 copies so far in the last three weeks!

Following the success of out extremely popular Level 2 NVQ/SVQ Hairdressing Candidate logbook we have now produced logbooks for:

• Level 1 NVQ/SVQ Hairdressing Candidate logbook - £10.50
• Level 2 NVQ/SVQ Hairdressing Candidate logbook - £12.00
• Level 2 NVQ Beauty Therapy logbook - £12.00

We've already sold over 5,000 copies since they launched three weeks ago!  So order your copy fast!  For more information on each of the logbooks please visit www.cityandguilds.com/publications.  Please order via walled Garden or contact our Teaching and Learning materials team at learningmaterials@cityandguilds.com or 020 7294 4113.

Are you aware of other publications that we produce to support City & Guilds qualifications?  Why not have a look at www.cityandguilds.com/publications

Brand new Health & Social Care NVQ content on SmartScreen...

• 3 new units added to Level 2 as well as further support added to other units within this level including activities, PowerPoint presentations, handouts and case studies.
• 6 new units added to Level 3 as well as a cross-unit, in-depth handout on Nutrition has been added to other units at this level.
• New content  to level 4 including a new handout and activities.

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