Press releases from QDP Services

Colleges achieve their LSC National Learner Survey targets thanks to QDP - LSC student survey link

QDP Services | 24 May 2010

Earlier this academic year *20 colleges and training providers used QDP Services to collect the LSC National Learner Survey (NLS) data at the same time as their own learner feedback. Thanks to this online survey facility, these learning and training providers were not only collecting highly valuable learner opinions for quality assurance but they had more control over the NLS data collection.

QDP survey data reveals: UK Employers satisfied with training their employees receive

QDP Services | 10 Feb 2010

QDP Services has revealed employer satisfaction figures based on opinions of 5,469 employers from 56 education and training providers nationwide. The results show that most employers are very happy with the training services available to them and their employees.

QDP sponsors Quality Community of Practice Conference for Scotland’s Colleges, offering delegates free trial of its survey services

QDP Services | 22 Oct 2009

The event takes place on 23rd October at Argyll Court in Stirling under the banner of ‘Moving Quality Forward.’ Organised by Scotland’s Colleges it focuses on the emerging new approaches to quality in further education in Scotland. QDP, whose survey feedback services are familiar to quality professionals of over half of FE colleges in England and Wales is the event’s perfect partner.

Further Education providers and QDP welcome LSC's latest decision on the National Learner Survey

QDP Services | 14 Oct 2009

After listening to concerns raised by many further education providers, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has allowed independent learner surveys to be run at the same time as their own National Learner Survey. This is great news for Quality Improvement professionals and the sector as a whole.

QDP's Destination survey offers evidence required by the revised Common Inspection Framework

QDP Services | 01 Oct 2009

Ofsted’s revised Common Inspection Framework dictates that the progress of learners who have completed their courses becomes an “essential indicator” of a providers’ success and recommends that learner destination data is collected and made part of self assessment. QDP is prepared for this recommendation and offers quality management teams around the country a tried and tested Destination Survey.

QDP benchmarking reports of learner opinions support quality improvement of training providers across the UK

QDP Services | 21 Jul 2009

QDP Services (QDP) is closing the academic year by offering its customers an Annual External Benchmarking report with league tables of their students’ opinions compared with other training providers across the education sector. The reports are designed to support self assessment and quality improvement and provide independent data for inspection.

QDP offers free ECM surveys at the NCSL Annual Leadership Conference

QDP Services | 05 Jun 2009

In an attempt to encourage schools to compare their delivery of the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda, QDP Services (QDP) is offering a free ECM survey to every attending school at this year’s NCSL Annual Leadership Conference.

QDP breaks into Prisons

QDP Services | 10 Mar 2008

City College Manchester has become the country's first training contract holder to reap the benefits of employing QDP to survey their learners. Around 5000 offenders in 42 institutions across the Midlands, the North West and Yorkshire have taken part in the survey conducted in October 2007.

QDP makes Stafford sixth-formers' voices count

QDP Services | 23 Jan 2008

QDP Services unites the voices of millions of learners UK-wide including those in 20% of all of England's Sixth Forms. Recently, the company has been approached by the Stafford Collegiate to develop and run a set of learner surveys, dealing specifically with the students' experience of the Collegiate's collaborative activity. The surveys will take place in the Academic Year 2007-08.

QDP helps West Cheshire College meet the new standard

QDP Services | 18 Jan 2008

The first 26 providers to meet the new standard for employer responsiveness and vocational excellence have been announced. QDP are proud to have assisted West Cheshire College to be one of the successful few! The College achieved accreditation against Part A of the new standard as well as achieving provider excellence in Engineering.

QDP will shadow the Framework for Excellence Pilot

QDP Services | 20 Dec 2007

QDP's Schools pilot provides platform for launch of QDP Services Feedback for Secondary Schools

QDP Services | 06 Dec 2007

QDP showcases ALP member benefits at the ALP Autumn Conference

QDP Services | 13 Nov 2007

Following a successful feedback project across Staffordshire, Total People Ltd. signs up to QDP for three years

QDP Services | 08 Nov 2007

Stakeholder feedback benchmarking for ALP members now available from QDP

QDP Services | 29 Oct 2007

QDP celebrates thirteen successful years in FE

QDP Services | 26 Oct 2007

QDP celebrates three years of successful On-line surveys

QDP Services | 12 Oct 2007

New markets welcome QDP's questionnaire feedback expertise

QDP Services | 09 Oct 2007

QDP has a role to play in Contest & Contestability strategy

QDP Services | 07 Oct 2007

QDP offers questionnaires to support New Standard for Employer Responsiveness

QDP Services | 02 Oct 2007