Back in 2002 a group of educational travel companies came together and pioneered a robust verification scheme which featured an audit of all members
every year by independent experts By measuring against a comprehensive code of practice that had been developed with, amongst others, health & safety experts, teachers» unions», head teachers» associations, outdoor advisors and top legal advice, the audit ensures all aspects of a company's business was examined, this includes worldwide health & safety management, financial security, consumer protection, fair terms and conditions and, for when it does go wrong, a commitment to independent arbitration.
Teachers using an STF Assured Member can be secure knowing that their travel partner understands and facilitates the needs of educational travel, manages safety effectively, offers fair terms and condition, and the best financial security and Is fully inspected
every year by independent experts.
Not exact matches
But U.S. analysts and many
independent experts think this hurdle will be overcome
by late next
year.
So the idea is to moderate the people
by the people itself, but one, two or three
years earlier, nit
by an
independent authority (of
experts, clerics, media figures, or whatever).
A physician who allegedly conducted human brain - activity experiments on people associated with the NXIVM corporation has apparently not published a scientific study in
years and there is no indication his private research was being overseen
by an
independent review board, according to a medical
expert and records of the NIH and U.S. National Library of Medicine.
As part of the new deal, the Department of the Interior will conduct rigorous scientific monitoring of wolf populations across the region and solicit an
independent scientific review
by an
expert advisory board after three
years to reassess the situation.
May began three
years ago
by selecting a fresh
expert, Thorburn Burns, a professor of chemistry at Queen's University, Belfast, who was «
independent» in the sense that he had not previously been involved with the Maguire case.
Last October, a committee of
independent experts chaired
by industrialist Norman Augustine concluded that NASA faced a shortfall of around $ 3 billion a
year if it still intends to send astronauts back to the moon — let alone Mars —
by 2020.
A new report
by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, an
independent group of 14
experts advising Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) which convenes every five
years, says that we should ease up on sugar and saturated fats, but we don't need to worry so much about cholesterol anymore.
This sum was recommended
by the
experts of the UK Forum for Computing Education, the
independent committee which acts as a single voice for the computing community on computing education issues for 5 to 19
year olds.
Unicorn LMS has been recognised as the world's best for the financial sector for the past three
years, while it was also recently rated the UK's top Learning Management System overall
by the leading
independent LMS
experts, the Craig Weiss Group.
Last
year the government accepted «in full» recommendations made
by three
independent expert groups on the issue of teacher workload.
The sale is being staged
by the Auction Room, which was formed earlier this
year by Sotheby's former managing director of Europe, George Bailey, and is directed
by Janet Rady, an
independent expert in Middle Eastern art.
After extensive multidisciplinary review
by independent experts, the VCS board and the Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance agreed in 2012 that the steps the Suruí were taking would sequester at least five million tons of carbon dioxide over 30
years while protecting critical rainforest habitat.
The study in ES&T that he cites, undertook
year - long
independent expert peer reviews before it was accepted for publication
by this most prestigious journal.
Last
year also saw the Alberta Royalty Review — an
independent panel of
experts appointed
by the province to conduct a review of Alberta's royalty and tax regime, to ensure Albertans are receiving a fair share from energy development through royalties, taxes, and fees.
Under the Bill, the rate will be set on a «low risk» rather than a «very low risk» basis; it will be reviewed within 90 days of the legislation coming into force and thereafter at least every three
years; and an
independent expert panel chaired
by the government actuary will advise the Lord Chancellor on the setting of the rate.
The whole - of - government initiative will be evaluated
by an
independent expert within two
years of commencement and again after five
years.
Protocol adherence was measured at each centre from videotaped sessions (minimum four per site per
year; total n = 32)
by experts independent of the therapy or training and blind to centre allocation.