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		<title>Let&#8217;s stop playing Top Trumps with the post-16 education system</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A decade ago, the problem was obvious. Technical education was often described as a good option — but not quite as good as A levels and university. You could hear it in careers talks, see it in prospectuses, and read it in national headlines. Our shared fury in the FE sector was not matched by&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Mesma merges with SDN to create the SDN Mesma Group</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>QPA 2025: The Winners</title>
		<link>https://mesma.co.uk/qpa-2025-growing-from-strength-to-strength-the-winners/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=qpa-2025-growing-from-strength-to-strength-the-winners</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Meet Mia: Mesma&#8217;s Intelligent Assistant for quality assurance and improvement</title>
		<link>https://mesma.co.uk/meet-mia/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=meet-mia</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 13:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Mesma Cognassist LDD Framework</title>
		<link>https://mesma.co.uk/the-mesma-cognassist-ldd-quality-assurance-framework/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-mesma-cognassist-ldd-quality-assurance-framework</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 11:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>My Learning from 2024? Purpose and Belonging</title>
		<link>https://mesma.co.uk/my-learning-from-2024-purpose-and-belonging/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=my-learning-from-2024-purpose-and-belonging</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>My Learning from 2024? Purpose and Belonging As I jotted down my 2024 reflections, the words, ‘purpose’ and ‘belonging’ came through as themes. With that in mind, here are the five things I plan to carry into 2025. Before I get to those, I’d like to thank you for choosing to work with us, whether&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Speaking of Excellence &#8211; The QPA Legacy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Both Sides of the Desk: Mesma</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mirror, Mirror: The Unseen Link Between Your Self-Assessment Process and Organisational Culture</title>
		<link>https://mesma.co.uk/mirror-mirror-the-unseen-link-between-your-sar-and-your-organisational-culture/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mirror-mirror-the-unseen-link-between-your-sar-and-your-organisational-culture</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mesma CEO named North East Skills Champion at The National Apprenticeship and Skills Awards</title>
		<link>https://mesma.co.uk/mesma-ceo-named-skills-champion-at-the-national-apprenticeship-and-skills-awards/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mesma-ceo-named-skills-champion-at-the-national-apprenticeship-and-skills-awards</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>5 SAR Tips for Independent Training Providers</title>
		<link>https://mesma.co.uk/5-tips-for-itp-sar/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=5-tips-for-itp-sar</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 13:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://mesma.co.uk/?p=12766</guid>

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		<title>AI-powered Quality Improvement: Take part in the Innovate UK R&#038;D Project</title>
		<link>https://mesma.co.uk/innovate-uk-digital-launchpad/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=innovate-uk-digital-launchpad</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mesma.co.uk/innovate-uk-digital-launchpad/">AI-powered Quality Improvement: Take part in the Innovate UK R&#038;D Project</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mesma.co.uk">Mesma Quality Improvement Software and Services</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Quality Professionals Awards for Further Education and Employability 2024 &#8211; Building a Legacy</title>
		<link>https://mesma.co.uk/the-quality-professionals-awards-for-further-education-and-employability-2024-building-a-legacy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-quality-professionals-awards-for-further-education-and-employability-2024-building-a-legacy</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 08:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>On 26 June 2024, a packed room of 200 people from across the UK gathered in Leeds for the inaugural Quality Professionals Awards for Further Education and Employability. We founded these not-for-profit awards to help shine the spotlight on the many people who diligently work behind the scenes to continuously improve the quality of experience&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Mesma Essentials: Small but Mighty!</title>
		<link>https://mesma.co.uk/mesma-essentials/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mesma-essentials</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2024 12:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>NEW Online community for quality and compliance professionals</title>
		<link>https://mesma.co.uk/quality-and-compliance-community/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=quality-and-compliance-community</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>NEW: Resources Now Live on Mesma</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Quality Professionals Awards -Nominations Close 29th March</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lets Shape 2024 Together</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Amanda Spielman publishes her final report as Ofsted HMCI</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 01:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Introducing our T-Level Placement Team Members</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Forsyth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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