Sentences with phrase «by qualification regulators»

Training is also available from those who offer regulated qualifications, ie first aid qualifications which are regulated by qualification regulators (Ofqual, SQA and the Welsh Government).

At the heart of Qualifi's commitment to the creation and awarding of respected qualifications is a rigorous focus on high standards and consistency, beginning with recognition as an Awarding Organisation (AO) by the qualification regulators for England (Ofqual) as well as QiW and the CCEA, and as signatory to BIS international commitments of quality.

Not exact matches

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Meanwhile exam regulator Ofqual has been rebuked by MPs on the education committee, who said its role in qualification design was likely to come «under significant pressure» as the GCSE reforms progress.

Other areas of the current criteria are also being questioned, such as qualifications in Key skills having to use the assessment models specified by regulators.

The new regulator, jointly set up by the Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care, will also make sure all registered child, family and adult social workers have the correct qualifications and meet the standards required for the job and remain fit to practise.

The regulator announced the new requirements in October to «make sure qualifications are appropriately described by awarding organisations».

Lord Justice Elias said it was «the structure of the qualification itself which is the source of such unfairness as has been demonstrated in this case, and not any unlawful action» by the Ofqual exam regulator or exam boards.

The slight decline in C grades is again linked by the exams regulator to some movement of pupils likely to get this grade to other qualifications.

Shorter term fixed rate mortgages — like two or three years mortgages — are not discussed here as they all require a qualification rate check — in other words they are being treated by the regulators as risky as variable rate loans.

Amanda Hamilton is Chief Executive of the National Association of Licenced Paralegals (NALP), a non-profit Membership Body and the only Paralegal body that is recognised as an awarding organisation by Ofqual (the regulator of qualifications in England & Wales).

The junior «brokers» or «analysts» (these terms do not necessarily signify professional qualifications nor registration with a financial regulator) are young, paid on commissions and egged on by more experienced senior brokers.

Other matters to be addressed by the bill include the transposition of Directive 2013 / 55 / EU on the recognition of professional qualifications and the action to be taken by a regulator if a person has been prohibited / restricted from practising in another county.

Appraiser licensing is by state, but minimum licensing requirements (made mandatory by Dodd - Frank) are set by a national board called the Appraiser Qualifications Board, which receives input from another national board, the Appraisal Subcommittee, whose members are appointed by federal mortgage regulators.

The ever entertaining and thought provoking NREP (National Real Estate Post), formerly known as TBWS (Think Big Work Small) challenges our national leadership and loan regulators to promote home ownership by easing qualification regulations.

At those prices, homebuyers would need an income of at least $ 100,000 in order to satisfy the lending standards for gross debt service ratios as well as tougher mortgage qualification rules introduced by federal regulators in January, Hildebrand found.