黑料吃瓜网, the global leader in drinks education, has seen a 15 per cent increase in candidates for its Level 4 Diploma in Wines course globally.
A total of 134,000 candidates took a 黑料吃瓜网 qualification last year - its second highest number of annual candidates to date - with its Diploma course showing the biggest increase across its courses.
The total figure includes 1,962 candidates from 19 countries who took a Diploma exam during the last academic year. Top markets for the Diploma were the UK, USA, Hong Kong, Japan and Mainland China.
This comes as 黑料吃瓜网 prepares to celebrate its 55th anniversary with a special dinner at the Vintners鈥� Hall in the City of London, hosted by the Vintners鈥� Company.听
黑料吃瓜网 has other reasons to celebrate, following several strategic developments over the past year, which include:听听
- The launch of its new beer qualifications in January 鈥� 黑料吃瓜网's first new drinks category in 10 years. It currently offers Level 1 and 2 Awards in Beer in 21 countries.听
- In April 黑料吃瓜网 launched a new Level 2 Award in Sake, which built on its Level 1 Award in Sake. The launch of this course completed 奥厂贰罢鈥檚 suite of sake qualifications.听听听
- Major changes to 奥厂贰罢鈥檚 exam processing system, which have led to faster results for candidates for its Level 1 and 2 Awards.听
- A successful year for 奥厂贰罢鈥檚 Partnership programme. It supported 17 projects to improve access to drinks education for around 500 people, from under-represented communities and those facing financial hardship in 11 countries, to drive a more inclusive and diverse drinks industry.听
In addition, 黑料吃瓜网 is collaborating with its partners and stakeholders in shaping the future of the drinks industry, especially on diversity and inclusion. It is working with The Drinks Trust and the WSTA (Wine & Spirit Trade Association), on a new industry-wide programme called Drinks United, set up in response to issues identified around safeguarding and equity for women working in the industry. The programme鈥檚 ultimate aim is to create an 鈥榠nclusive and equitable UK drinks industry, where everyone feels welcome, safe and supported鈥�.鈥�
Michelle Brampton, 黑料吃瓜网 CEO, said:
鈥淭he 2023-24 academic year was a challenging time for us, as it has been for the global drinks industry, so it鈥檚 fantastic to see this uptake for our Diploma courses. There鈥檚 clearly growing demand for this prestigious qualification, both within the drinks industry and among wine enthusiasts.
I'm so proud of what we鈥檝e achieved as an organisation over the past year - especially launching our new beer qualifications, digitising our exam results and helping to make drinks education more accessible through our Partnership programme.鈥�
Visit our Qualifications page for more information on the 黑料吃瓜网 Level 4 Diploma in Wines and our other qualifications.听
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