Quality Assurance – insights dashboard Quarter One 2024/25
Our quarterly update and insights from NSAR’s Quality Assurance team. You can view the full-size dashboard here.Â
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Rail and Urban Transport Review
Yesterday, the Urban Transport Group published the results of the Rail and Urban Transport Review. The review was led by Jürgen Maier CBE and was
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POLICY UPDATE: Chancellor statement on public spending
Yesterday, the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced that she had directed the Treasury to review public spending and that the findings of this audit show departmental
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Kings Speech 2024 – impact for rail
Today, His Majesty the King outlined the new Government’s legislative programme at the State Opening of Parliament. The clear takeaway from the speech was that
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Impact of the general election on rail
The result Labour has won a commanding majority in the general election, with Keir Starmer now Prime Minister after delivering Labour’s biggest victory since 1997.
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NSAR webinar facilitates insightful discussions about potential impacts of the General Election 2024
Last Thursday, 27 June, NSAR hosted a webinar about the impact of the upcoming general election on the rail industry. The webinar facilitated interesting and worthwhile
AVA Footbridge and Lift System prototype completed
The AVA Footbridge was one of four Physical Asset Demonstrator projects in the TIES Living Lab. It was a collaboration among industry leaders in engineering,
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Changes to how we assess apprenticeships are on the horizon
Barry Smith, NSAR’s Head of Assessment and Skills, reflects on the recent proposed changes to apprenticeship end-point assessment after 11 years of working on the
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PRESS RELEASE: Routes into Rail launches new subscriber list to connect talent with rail careers
Routes into Rail is a sector initiative that aims to help solve the industry’s skills shortages by promoting and providing information about rail careers. Routes
PRESS RELEASE: Apprenticeship Hub website launched to recruit apprentices into rail
NSAR has launched a new website to recruit rail apprentices, as part of our Apprenticeship Agency service. The NSAR Apprenticeship Agency aims to help businesses
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Trainer and Assessor onboarding and upskilling forum update
In March 2024, NSAR and Network Rail welcomed RTAS Training Providers to NSAR’s Central London office to discuss improvements and enhancements to the current process
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Rail training industry review – get involved
As many rail organisations will be aware, the low number of new trainers entering the industry has been a concern for some time. This is
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