Catch up with last year’s winners of the Quality Professional Awards, proudly sponsored by the IEP, in the latest episode of the Speaking of Excellence’ podcast – ‘How to Build High-Quality Provision to Engage and Support Women into Work’.
Dr Barbara Van Der Eecken hosts an inspiring discussion with Belina GROW’s Liz Sewell FIEP and Kaneez Fatima MIEP – winner of the Employability Rising Star category at QPA 2024 – alongside Jane Knight FIEP, Founder of Successful Mums Careers Academy.
This episode delves into strategies for designing high-quality employability and training programs that effectively engage and support women in securing meaningful work. Belina GRoW and Successful Mums are multi-award-winning organisations who have pioneered innovative approaches to transforming women’s employment outcomes and we are hugely proud that they are IEP Corporate Affiliate Partners. The discussion highlights the practical support and forward-thinking solutions they provide that have made a real difference to the women they support.
The IEP are headline employability partners of the QPA for the second year running.
Mesma founded the awards in June 2024 to spotlight the sector’s often unsung heroes. The inaugural event saw 200 people across the education and employability sectors come together to celebrate the professionals who work diligently behind the scenes.
Whilst last year was epic, 2025 promises even more with 2 new awards categories – Quality Champion and Compliance Leader – a bigger venue and more entertainment.
Check out the fantastic QPA Speaking of Excellence podcast, available on:
Get your QPA nominations in!
Make a nomination by 21st March 2025 for the following categories:
- Rising Star of the Year (sponsored by S Knights Recruitment)
- Quality Improvement Professional of the Year
- Compliance Professional of the Year (sponsored by Strategic Development Network)
- Quality Leader of the Year (sponsored by Mindful Education)
- Compliance Leader of the Year
- Quality Champion of the Year (sponsored by Aptem)
- Quality Team of the Year (sponsored by OAL)
- Compliance Team of the Year (sponsored by Strata)
- Quality Collaboration of the Year
- Quality Improvement Initiative of the Year
- Social Mobility Improvement Initiative (sponsored by Cognisoft)
- Outstanding Contribution to Quality Improvement (sponsored by Tribal)
For more information, visit the QPA website.
