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Jayne Nixon

Learning globally recognised skills

Published: 28 Mar 2024

As part of a series of articles on different quality qualifications, Jayne Nixon PCQI, Quality Support Manager at Unipart Rail, UK, outlines her experience of undertaking the Level 4 Quality Practitioner Apprenticeship course, studying with Whyy? Change.

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The Hawthorne effect

Published: 4 Mar 2024

If the outcome of an audit is influenced by the very act of carrying out the audit in the first place, how can we ever ensure accuracy? Welcome to the paradox that is the Hawthorne effect.

Author Ryan Renard

Auditing – start as you mean to go on

Published: 13 Dec 2023

How can auditors ensure that their work is a meaningful and positive experience for the auditee? IRCA Principal Auditor Ryan Renard CQP MCQI takes a closer look.

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Hierarchy of improvement

Published: 19 Oct 2023

Jessen Yeoh CQP MCQI, an IRCA Principal Auditor and a principal advisor at P Excel Advisory in Melbourne, Australia, draws on ISO 9001 to outline the ‘hierarchy of improvement’.

Catriona Large, winner of the Emerging Talent Award at the 2023 IQA

Developing a quality career

Published: 2 Oct 2023

We catch up with Catriona Large, Quality and HSE Advisor at CGG, winner of the Emerging Talent category at the CQI’s International Quality Awards 2023.

Murugesh Siva, a grey haired Indian man with beard and moustache in a white open necked shirt, outdoors

The importance of ESG reporting

Published: 4 Sep 2023

Why is ESG reporting so important for businesses? ISO Lead Auditor and Director of Daksyam Group Murugesh Siva explains.

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Calibration – an essential process

Published: 23 Aug 2023

IRCA-certified Lead Auditor Gautam Kumar Maiti PCQI examines the importance of ensuring correct calibration of all instruments at the start of a project.