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SQA Accreditation Staff

SQA Accreditation is staffed by a team of around 26. Broadly speaking, staff fall under six different categories:

Head of Accreditation

George Brown is Head of Accreditation. In addition to having overall responsibility for the unit, George is responsible for ensuring that the unit's policies and procedures are implemented. George is supported in this by the Senior Accreditation Manager, Senior Regulation Manager, Research Officer and Accreditation Officer.

Name Title Direct Line e-mail
George Brown Head of Accreditation 0845 213 5255 George.brown@sqa.org.uk

Senior Accreditation Manager

Carole Brown is the Senior Accreditation Manager and, along with many policy related duties, has line management responsibility for the Accreditation Managers. Like George, Carole is a core member of the UKCG which influences the development of vocational qualifications at a national level. Carole also attends all Accreditation Committee meetings and sits on the core group for the Accreditation Coordination Group.

The Accreditation Section has responsibility for:  

Name Title Direct Line e-mail
Carole Brown Senior Accreditation Manager 0845 213 5252 Carole.brown@sqa.org.uk

 Senior Regulation Manager

Dennis Dunne is the Senior Regulation Manager and, together with the policy related duties, has line management responsibilities for Regulation Managers and Regulation Officers.  Like George, Dennis is a member of the Regulators Programme Management Group (RPMG) and Cross Regulatory Steering Group which analyses the similarities and differences between the regulators across the UK to develop common regulatory requirements to ensure a four country approach to regulation.   

The Regulation Section has responsibility for: 

Name Title Direct Line e-mail
Dennis Dunne Senior Regulation Manager 0845 213 5259 Dennis.dunne@sqa.org.uk

 Accreditation Officer and Administration Team

There are four staff in the Administration team. The Accreditation Officer is responsible for the Administration Team and for ensuring that correct procedures are followed regarding accreditation submissions and that these submissions are brought to committee in a timely manner. The Senior Accreditation Administrator supports the Accreditation Officer in relation to the Accreditation Committee and also provides general administrative support. There are a further three Accreditation Administrators who also provide general administrative support to SQA Accreditation.

Name Title Direct Line e-mail
Linda Kelly Accreditation Officer 0845 213 5249 linda.kelly@sqa.org.uk
Karen McLaren Senior Administrator  0845 213 5241 karen.mclaren@sqa.org.uk 
Paul O'Hara Administrator 0845 213 5235 paul.o'hara@sqa.org.uk
John Kennedy Administrator 0845 213 5257 john.kennedy@sqa.org.uk
Jacqueline Barnes Administrator 0845 213 5260 jacqueline.barnes@sqa.org.uk

Accreditation Managers

There are 9 Accreditation Managers with sector responsibilities. The Accreditation Managers liaise directly with the specific sector skills councils and awarding bodies which lie within their responsibility. The Accreditation Managers have responsibility for preparing qualification submissions which are presented to ACG (Accreditation Co-ordination Group) for accreditation on behalf of the awarding bodies and sector skills councils for which they have responsibility.

Name Title Direct Line e-mail
Alistair Fyfe Accreditation Manager 0845 213 5240 Alistair.fyfe@sqa.org.uk
Amanda Laing Accreditation Manager 0845 213 5248 Amanda.laing@sqa.org.uk
Janey Floyd Accreditation Manager 0845 213 5237 Janey.floyd@sqa.org.uk
Karen Crawford Accreditation Manager 0845 213 5238 Karen.crawford@sqa.org.uk
Katrine McLeod Accreditation Manager 0845 213 5253 Katrine.mcleod@sqa.org.uk
Mandy Forte Accreditation Manager 0845 213 5258 Mandy.forte@sqa.org.uk
Sharon McGuigan Accreditation Manager 0845 213 5529 sharon.mcguigan@sqa.org.uk 
Tracey Hope Accreditation Manager 0845 213 5239 Tracey.hope@sqa.org.uk

Regulation Managers - Quality Assurance

Regulation Managers have a remit which primarily focuses on quality assurance activities across all awarding bodies. In this role, they lead on the audit activities. Regulation Managers also lead on current developments in joint regulation and work in collaboration with other regulators across UK.

Regulation Officers also have a remit with respect to quality assurance, particularly leading centre monitoring activities, which are carried out by SQA Accreditation.

Name Title Direct Line e-mail
Billy Murdoch Regulation Manager 0845 213 5251 Billy.murdoch@sqa.org.uk
Grant Woollard Regulation Manager 0845 213 5261 Grant.woollard@sqa.or.uk
Paul Griffiths Regulation Manager 0845 213 5250   Paul.griffiths@sqa.org.uk

Regulation Officers

There are three Regulation Officers who support SQA Accreditation's regulatory and quality assurance function by undertaking regular centre monitoring visits to awarding body centres of learning. The Accreditation Officer supports Regulation Officers in their monitoring activities and will carry out monitoring visits where necessary.

Name Title Direct Line e-mail
John Byrne Regulation Officer 0845 213 5243 john.byrne@sqa.org.uk
Toni Donald Regulation Officer 0845 213 5236 Toni.donald@sqa.org.uk
Claire McPake Regulation Officer 0845 213 5254 claire.mcpake@sqa.org.uk

Research Officer and SVQ Information Section

Sian O'Hare manages and supports research activities related to the work of the unit. She also manages the SVQ Information Section staffed by the SVQ Information Officer and the SVQ Information Assistant. The SVQ Information Officer prepares statistical reports on SVQ take-up across all awarding bodies. The SVQ Information Assistant provides valuable support to the Information Officer in achieving these objectives, as well as ensuring that information recorded on the SQA Accreditation's information management system is correct.

Name Title Direct Line e-mail
Karen MacGregor Information Officer 0845 213 5247 karen.macgregor@sqa.org.uk 
Elizabeth Straine Information Assistant 0845 213 5924  elizabeth.straine@sqa.org.uk