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World Standards Day 2023: Shared vision for a better world – UKAS’s commitment to SDG 3
In a world grappling with global challenges such as climate change, conflict, global pandemics, and inequality, the impor…
Accreditation: Supporting The Future Of Global Trade
The vital role that accreditation plays in supporting the future of global trade is the focus of this year’s World Accr…
International Women’s Day 2023 – Interview with PAC Chair, Caroline Hamilton
To mark International Women‘s Day 2023 UKAS interviewed Caroline Hamilton, Chief Executive at the Safety Assessmen…
UKAS – sustaining operational excellence
Incorporating new technologies, methods and thinking into operational processes is an essential element in maintaining ou…
Journey to becoming an Assessment Manager
Akintayo Fajimi had an interesting career trajectory prior to joining the Engineering Section at UKAS as an Assessment Ma…
Living the UKAS values
In early 2021 UKAS saw the culmination of an important project in which we re-launched our Purpose, Vision, Mission and V…
The future for mutual recognition and international collaboration
In his article for UKAS’s 2021/2022 Annual Report, Emanuele Riva, Chair of the International Accreditation Forum, s…
World Accreditation Day 2022
Jointly organised by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (…
Celebrating women in accreditation on International Women’s Day 2022
Lorraine Turner, Accreditation Director, UKAS: I have been with UKAS for over 25 years and during that time it has been s…
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of accreditation
In this interview for the UKAS 2021 Annual Report, Chief Scientific Officer for NHS England, Sue Hill, shares her thought…