Bright Assessing www.brightassessing.com

I spent £800 on an assessor course with Brights Assessing, didn't start well as the course material was unclear, but committed to it fully by answering their last communication by email with a positive yes to continue with the course. I've heard nothing since, no information regarding a new certification /awarding body. That's very poor, and I would love to pursue some or all of my money being returned. I see there are still advertisements out there. Can anyone help?

Not worth my finger time to type it, but I have to type something apparently.

Where can I start...The training material were not the right books. We were using their old books with no page numbers. Only being taught certain things from the training book, not the entire book, as you would have thought!!

Seemed like the tutor was having a nervous breakdown, about the course.. Maybe she new something that at the to e the students didn't.

if you have paid good hard earned cash in to this company for any of the lifelong learn qualifications and they have taken your money and failed to provide the service they have obtained money by deception report them to the police. I have lost £900 and even if I'd have obtained the qualification it wouldn't have been worth the paper it was copied on to

I had a lucky escape as I had completed my IQA with Bright using my own learners. However I had to pay £86 to register myself in order to get my award verified . It's now thankfully passed but I have waited a long time and if it hadn't I would have been over £1000 out of pocket. If you can register yourself with Ncfe then do it as long as you have sufficient evidence in order to pass it. I like many others have been duped by Bright and I wish anyone who ended up in my position all the very best and good luck ?

I paid around 1400 to do a DTLLS course through Bright Assessing, I have been studying for over a year and a half to try and get through this qualification with only a couple if units lefts, 8 teaching observations and lots of work in between I was sent an email saying my mentor had left and would be provided with a new one shortly...2 weeks later there was still nothing so I emailed to find out what was going on as I now had two assignments to submit and no mentor. I received an email around a week later saying that they no longer will be continuing my training and I had to contact OCR who I was registered with. I did so and was told that I now had to find a new provider...none anywhere near where I live in newcastle. I received a list of providers to try and see if they would consider my case through distance learning. Two replied...one if which wanted 250 pound a day to reassess my work plus more on top for certification! The other has been helpful to allow me to gain the first part of the qualification and certificate my units I have already completed for just over 200 pound....to now be told that this may not happen as OCR might not accept my observations so may have to do them again! This is now being disputed! I am no longer employed at the same company and am due to go on maternity leave from my new job in 4 weeks time so I am unsure how that's going to happen! Anyway I contacted trading standards who told me Bright were in breach on contract and to send a letter recorded delivery...which I did...today the letter has been returned to me (a month later) with a red sticker saying 'not called for' I'm guessing because they have gone into liquidation. This has been going on for months now and really don't know what to do next! I've wasted over a year and half doing work and paying all of that money for nothing!!

I signed up for the assessing vocational achievement award and to follow on and do the PTLLS award. Gave bright near enough £1000 to do both as it was discounted if i bought the two courses.

i start the course then receive an email stating bright no longer are doing this award, and a new company will be in touch to continue the learning.

.... DID THEY HECK!!

I have called all governing bodies that bright dealt with and not one has me registered!

I have tried to call and email bright and the CEO but with no reply!!

So in my eyes i have been robbed blind!!

You should be ashamed!!

With reading other reviews and press coverage it seems people who have certificates from bright will be re doing the course as no perspective employer will validate it as a qualification. So all round i would avoid like the plague.

Ladies and Gentlemen

I believe that the situation is now that the company has finally finished.

No awarding body would touch them now with a verylong pole.

I have finished all the work and am now seeking a competent OCR provider to verify the work.

I think one should accept the inevitable and moveon

best of luck and regards

David

Has anyone else recived an email saying someone else has taken over the company??? And that they will n in touch in 14 days????

I just want to know if it's true or being fobbed off!!!!

Sadly BRIGHT do not live up to their name. I am gobsmacked that the company could have won so many awards and yet have let downj so many learners so spectacurlarly!!! The only light at the end of the tunnel is that NCFE are taking their duty of care very seriously and are collating all the issues relating to BRIGHT. Everyone's case will be investigated. They were amazing. i urge anyone who has had dealings with BRIGHT to lodge their case with NCFE

I also have had countless problems with bright assessing it started well and then I was not told when my mentor left the company, I was repeatedly given lots of contradictory advice which meant I had to do lots of unnecessary work. Then when I had finished all my coursework in March I was given further contradictory advice. Now when I repeatedly try and call and email nobody from the company will answer and I found out my mentor has been sacked.

I am losing all faith in online course providers thanks to this experience.