The latest edition of UPDATE - UKAS newsletter

Welcome to UKAS's UPDATE newsletter!

Welcome to the latest edition of UPDATE, the United Kingdom Accreditation Service's newsletter.

This edition contains important information about our retained membership of the European cooperation for Accreditation (EA), shares insight from our customers in the forms of case studies and guest blogs, and introduces you to new initiatives and tools developed by UKAS.

There is also the opportunity to register for our popular free webinar series, which aims to take the mystery out of the accreditation process.

We hope that you will find this edition of UPDATE informative and interesting. Please forward this to your colleagues if you think they would benefit from this newsletter.​​​​​



UKAS’s membership of the European cooperation for Accreditation confirmed

At the end of last year, following agreement at its General Assembly, the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) published revised Articles of Association and Rules of Procedure in the culmination of months of discussion regarding EA membership criteria. These agreed revisions allow UKAS to retain its membership status, previously at risk following the UK's exit from the EU. Find out more about these changes here.

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Celebrating women in accreditation for International Women's Day 2022

​​​​​On International Women's Day, UKAS's Accreditation Director, Lorraine Turner, spoke to female leaders about what it is to be a woman working in their sector with an eye on quality and a responsibility for maintaining accreditation in 2022. Read the full article here.

 
UKAS symbols of accreditation
​​​​​​UKAS has published additional guidance for customers, which aims to reduce incidences of improvement actions being raised at assessment due to unintentional misuse of the UKAS symbols of accreditation. Read more here.

 
International Quality Awards 2022
UKAS is proud to be a gold event partner for this year's International Quality Awards hosted by the Chartered Quality Institute. This year's live event also incorporates the Quality Future Summit. Find out more and purchase tickets here.

 
UKAS's Readiness Assessment Tool
​​​​​​UKAS has developed a free tool for organisations considering accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025. This online assessment, taking approximately 30 minutes to complete, helps establish how ready you are to proceed with accreditation. Read more here.

 
MoU signed between UKAS & Saudi Accreditation Center
On March 16th, Matt Gantley and Dr Adel Alkeaid (SAAC Executive Director) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise the relationship between the two national Accreditation Bodies. Read more here.

 
Demystifying - the purpose of accreditation
Part one of our popular webinar series explaining the benefits of accreditation explored the purpose of accreditation and UKAS's role in the process and the UK quality infrastructure. This webinar will be repeated on 30th March, you can register or watch a recording here.

 
Demystifying - your journey to accreditation
​​​​​​Part two of our 'Demystifying' webinar series dives deeper into the journey an organisation makes when embarking on accreditation. This webinar covers the application process and the costs involved. You can register to attend our next session or view a recording here. 

 
Case Study - i2FAST
This case study examines the use of flexible scopes of accreditation and how this approach has enabled an agile food testing company to grow their business with the necessary speed, with no associated cost to the quality and reliability of the results provided. Read more here.

 
Case Study - eCOGRA​​​​
Accreditation underpins quality and confidence in the digital sphere of online gambling on a global scale. Find out how eCOGRA delivers appropriate testing services in multiple international locations, conforming to the varying regulatory requirements of each region in this case study.

 
UKAS Training Academy
The UKAS training calendar has been updated for the whole of 2022. Many new courses have been added and we are excited to be able to return to classroom settings as well as retaining our full virtual offering. Several courses are now also CPD certified. View courses here.

 
Guest Blog - Dr Jack Kreindler
Dr Jack shares his experiences of gaining accreditation for ISO 15189 during a global pandemic. Whilst describing it as the hardest thing he has had to do in his professional life, he also highlights the considerable rewards. Read the full blog here.
     
 
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