I’ve just received this email from the UK’s Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA). I was about to reply that I don’t know why they’ve sent it to me and that I don’t understand a word of it anyway, but I can’t because it’s been spammed from a ‘noreply’ email address. Bad form.

Dear colleague,

Following the letter sent by Stephen Meek on 10 December 2010, the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) and the Skills Funding Agency have been working together to ensure that the Interim ULN Agreement is replaced with an Awarding Organisation (AO) ULN Agreement to create and verify ULNs. The agreement was presented to accredited Diploma component awarding bodies in January 2011 and following a consultation process it has now been finalised.  

The next steps are to terminate the Interim ULN Agreement and replace it with the AO ULN Agreement after the completion of this year’s Diploma awarding period. Read the termination of the Interim ULN Agreement. The Termination Notice has effect on the signing of the replacement AO ULN Agreement or by 15 September 2011, whichever is sooner.

A paper copy of the Termination Notice will be sent to your office.

Yours faithfully

****, Head of the Learning Records Service
****, Head of Diploma Delivery, QCDA