I recently mentioned that we were working on a new qualification development process. We discussed how we developed qualifications at our last team meeting and agreed that we could do things faster, cheaper and better. So we have came up with new ways of working. This won’t directly affect most people who work with us since it is mostly behind the scenes activities. But centres should see qualifications developed more quickly — 12 months at the maximum, even for major developments. The proof of the pudding is in the eating so we have to actually test these new methods in the real world. The first development to use them will be the on-going review of HNC/D Information Technology.