CPD webinars
16th June 2020

Awarding body GQA QUALIFICATIONS is now offering interactive webinars as part of its plans to develop CPD activities for its network of over 100 approved centres.

The first webinars have been delivered, and feedback from attendees located throughout the UK has been very positive, says the organisation. In future, all webinars will be available for viewing post-delivery.

Webinars offer many benefits, particularly in the light of the social distancing necessitated by the Coronavirus crisis, GQA adds. They help to avoid the unproductive time and costs that can be associated with travelling or overnight stays; they widen the opportunity for training uptake; and they enable approved centres from a wide variety of geographical locations to attend the same event giving GQA staff access to many of their customers at one time. Certificates of attendance for participants' CPD records are also offered just as with traditional training delivery.

Operations Manager, Sean Hayes said: “One of GQA’s strengths has always been our strong working relationships with our approved centre network, and the restrictions on movement and face-to-face meetings brought about by the Coronavirus meant we had to look at different ways to interact with the network. Our webinar course leaders, Martin and Simon, have really grasped the opportunity to provide advice, guidance and support to our centres, and the feedback so far has been great.”