Exiting news: We are planning three working forum events in 2012. First one in April on remote managing staff and managing change, followed by a forum on data security: best practise and finally a forum in November on changes to ISO 20252. Gill will send related info closer to the events.
[ Read More ? ]Our Facebook page is now live!
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[ Read More ? ]IQCS AGM 2011
We had a fantastic AGM and working forum yesterday evening! Gill is drafting some info about this which we will post here. Thank you all for attending and contributing! We have posted some pictures to our Facebook page. Enjoy! Click here to access our Facebook page! Keeping your company profile updated makes a difference! [...]
[ Read More ? ]Feedback on Facebook!
Our Facebook page is now up and running! You want to thank our auditors or just want to give feedback about the benefits of the IQCS? Do you want to post some pictures or videos to our Facebook page? Anything new happening in your company? Let us know how things are at your end. Click [...]
[ Read More ? ]We are now on Facebook. Have a look and please ‘like’ us. You want to thank our auditors or generally want to give feedback about the benefits of the IQCS? Do you want to post some pictures or videos to our Facebook page? Let us know how things are at your end. Click here [...]
[ Read More ? ]History of IQCS
Originally born out of the Interviewer Card Scheme (ICS) which was formed in the 1970s as a response to a generally held view that fieldwork standards needed to be improved and regulated. In 1986 with a name and remit change, the IQCS was formed and from these humble beginnings has grown into the internationally [...]
[ Read More ? ]Members admin area temporarily switched off.
We are adding new functionality to the member companies data base. In order to implement this we have switched off the admin function. Please contact Paul our IQCS webmaster: pms@ronin.com if you need to change your company profile in the members area.
[ Read More ? ]ISO20252 Update
The revised of ISO 20252 standard went to public consultation in the UK from September 2010 to March 2011; a total of 83 comments were received. The UK MRQSA/BSI committee met in March this year to review the feedback and a decision was made to accept (with or without modification) or reject each comment before [...]
[ Read More ? ]Our New Inspector
Newly recruited IQCS inspector Sue Curtis has been undergoing rigorous training with Daphne and Gaynor in preparation for this year’s round of inspections. We caught up with her and asked her a few questions about how things were going… What have you been involved with so far with IQCS Inspections? I attended some training sessions, [...]
[ Read More ? ]25 years, and still going strong
On the 15th May 2011 the IQCS celebrated 25 years as the UK’s longest standing badge of quality for data-collection, providing an assurance to clients that minimum standards are being adhered to in terms of the recruitment, training and appraisal of fieldwork staff. To mark the occasion we asked membership what they felt were the [...]
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