Mrs Alison Heather Brown MA(PPWRL) PGCE FRCA MIAM IFL

Alison has an educational experience that spans 27 years in the Further Education and Higher Education Sectors ( 1985 – 2012) and 10 years as a Self-Employed Consultant (2012 –  Present). She currently Assesses, Moderate, and Support learners on Level 4 / Level 6 SQA Property Law Programmes(Accounts Modules). For MOL Learn.  She was also involved in updating the manuals and assessment materials following the CLC Code update in September 2020. When Pearson introduced a new Workskills Suite of Qualifications in 2021- she currently supports centres in the assessment of the new qualification, written for learners with challenging learning support needs.  When OFQUAL cancelled exams in 2020 she was appointed a QTAG reviewer to ensure holistic grades were awarded on the basis of a reasonable selection of alternative evidence and that the learner work met performance indicators. During my career, I have produced approval documentation for:-

• HNC Businesses including a specialist Tax Unit and Management Accounting
• Access to Higher Education (Social Science Health Professional)
• AAT ( Policies, Procedures, Work Based Learning)
• ICM, ILM, and IAM programmes

One of her key achievements has been the development of a progressive route for Accounts from Bookkeeper to ACCA-qualified.  This led to an invitation to become a fellow of Royal Society of Arts, and support from my employer to earn a master’s degree in Personal Professional Work-Related Learning in 2009. She has a solution-based approach to life and sees her current consultancy roles as a new and exciting challenge in a constantly changing environment, where we are always learning.