SR&A test training restructured after BPS launch new range of test training standards - with resulting price reductions
January 2012

Folowing the BPS launch of new test use qualifications in September 2011 we have restructured our training to take account of the new competency frameworks and to modernise our approach.  This has resulted in time savings as well as price reductions.  For example, training for Test User; Occupational, Ability (formerly Level A) now runs for 3 days instead of 4 and is priced at £995 + VAT.  Test User; Occupational, Personality (formerly Level B) runs for 3 days and is now priced at £1195 + VAT leading to a saving of £300 on the 2011 prices for each course!  Further, by booking the two courses together one can save a further £200 on the cost of the personality qualification bringing the total cost of the two course places below £2000.   Assistant Test User (formerly Test Administration) has also been modified in content and style and reduced in price along with other of our training courses.  See our training pages for more information.

Quintax On-line 2011 Prices Held for 2012
January 2012

Following a successful Christmas promotion on sales of Quintax On-line units (the basis for using the Quintax system on the Internet) we have decided to hold the pricing at £1.15 + VAT per unit for the coming year.  We have unfortunately had to make some price changes to the paper materials supporting Quintax usage (booklets, answer sheets, profile charts etc.) but we have been able to keep these changes to a minimal level in most cases well below the rate of inflation.  Now may well be the time for you to change over to Quintax On-line - it represents fantastic value for money as an all round tool for talent acquisition and management! 

BPS Introduces New Training Standards - SR&A Fully Compliant
September 2011

The BPS launched its new range of test use standards on September 5th 2011 to replace the old awards of Level A and B with newly modelled alternatives.  Instead of Level A we have Test User; Occupational, Ability and instead of Level B we have Test User; Occupational, Personality.  Test Administration has been replaced with Assistant Test User, and Full Level B has been supplanted by Specialist in Test Use.  Delegates already registered as Level A and/or B test users will be 'grandparented' automatically on to the new scheme where they will have a publicly visible competency profile indicating the range of test qualifications they possess - including the list of personality instruments in which they have qualified with the BPS.  Test users supporting the new scheme will need to register on the Register of Qualifications in Test Use, where their competency profile will be held and will need to be re-assessed every 6 years to demonstrate comtinuing competence as a test user.  Content changes have been introduced with a reduction of calculation and an increase in the conceptual and practical side of testing.  Some new topics (e.g. Item Response Theory) have been introduced and others removed.  See our training pages for more information.

Discovery Exercise Descriptions Available for Downloading
May 2011

Following the changes we have made to our sales approach with regard to the Discovery Series, our successful series of assessment and development centre exercises, we have now uploaded pdf descriptions to the website for all the exercises.  Customers can now review the content of an exercise simply by downloading a pdf Exercise Description from our web pages.  Simply click on an exercise and then click on the Exercise Description to see a sample of the content in each case.  These will give a strong sense of how each exercise runs, but if there are any further queries, then please call Derek Wilkie or Vicky Edwards on 0161 877 3277 for further information.