QIA improvement advisers

QIA improvement advisers

A network of sector consultants working one-to-one with organisations that want to lift their performance

From: April 2006 to March 2008

• Independent specialist colleges with individual learners funded by the LSC
• FE, sixth form and tertiary colleges
• Adult learning providers (FE and/or Personal and Community Development Learning)
• Information advice and guidance organisations
• European Social Fund (ESF) providers
• Work-based learning providers
• Offender learning institutions, including private prisons that may have previously enjoyed ALI support from the Provider Development Unit.

Cost

Free to organisations meeting QIA criteria for support

QIA has set up a managed network of quality improvement advisers to support sector organisations on a one-to-one consultancy basis. They will work alongside organisations to put together tailored packages of support to target specific areas of provision or management where improvement is needed.

The improvement advisers work with organisations making improvements required by the LSC or tackling areas of underperformance identified by themselves or by the inspectorate. Organisations will be matched with an improvement adviser with relevant skills and expertise, and all advisers will be experts in quality improvement.

To contact the improvement adviser service, please call: 0870 2113434

QIA Improvement Adviser Service - Information Leaflet

Case Studies

The Improvement Adviser Service has made a real impact in its first year of operation, helping many colleges and providers to lift their performance. As a result, a majority of organisations have achieved very positive re-inspection results and many have improved their grades from 'unsatisfactory' to 'good'. Find out how these organisations have benefited from the service by clicking on the case study links below: