Mr Andrew Lee Smart

Experienced Health & Social Care Assessor and Internal Quality Assurer with over 15 years' experience across vocational assessment, teaching, quality assurance and learner support. Current and recent work includes Level 2 and 3 Health & Social Care, distance learning, apprenticeships, Access to HE, T Levels, external quality assurance and online assessment.

Chartered

Psychologist, practising counsellor and DSA-registered non-medical student support provider, with particular experience supporting disabled and neurodivergent learners. Strong focus on fair and consistent assessment, constructive feedback, quality assurance and learner progression.

Assessor / Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) - UCS Colleges

(2025-08)

Current assessment and IQA work across Level 2 and 3 Health & Social Care, including distance-learning and apprenticeship provision.

• Assess learner work, provide developmental feedback, sample and moderate assessment decisions, and support standardisation.
• Quality assure assessor feedback and decisions for consistency, fairness and validity; experienced with EQUAL/Eassessor.

Counselling Lecturer - Bath College

(2025-09 - 2025-12)

Delivered Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Practice teaching, including marking, feedback, tutorials and learner development.

Assessor / Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) - Strode College

(2022-03)

Assess and quality assure Level 2 and 3 distance-learning qualifications, supporting consistent assessment decisions and feedback.

Assessor / IQA / Access to HE Course Lead - Bridgwater & Taunton College

(2017-03 - 2022-12)

• Assessed and internally quality assured across 10 Level 2 and 3 Health & Social Care qualifications.
• Led online Access to HE Nursing and Allied Health Professions provision, combining course oversight, assessment, IQA and learner support.

Assessor / Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) - Bath College

(2018)

Assess Level 2 and 3 Health & Social Care learner work through EQUAL/Eassessor and quality assure distance-learning and apprenticeship assessment.

• Undertake sampling, moderation, standardisation and quality reporting, supporting consistent assessment decisions and assessor practice.

Self-Employed Practitioner / Director - Smart's Solutions: Counselling, Education, Training, Development

(2011-04)

DSA-registered non-medical health provider delivering Mental Health Mentoring and Study Skills Tuition to university students, including disabled and neurodivergent learners. Practising counsellor and Chartered Psychologist providing online and face-to-face professional support across counselling, psychology, mental health, wellbeing and education.

External Quality Assurer (EQA) / Examiner / Content Reviewer / Content Developer - NCFE

(2017-11 - 2026-04)

External quality assurance, examination and review of Level 2 and 3 qualifications, including T Levels.

• Developed and reviewed Health & Social Care qualification and learning resources; experience also includes T Level employer-set project moderation and apprenticeship end-point assessment activity.

Lecturer / Seminar Facilitator - University of Brighton & Sussex Downs College, Lewes

(2011-09 - 2014-06)

Taught psychology, sociology, Health & Social Care and related subjects at Level 3 and undergraduate level, supporting academic development and learner progression.

Level 4 Certificate in Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice - Future Step Education (2026-08)

Foundation Degree (FdA) - Integrative Counselling - City College Bristol / University of Plymouth (2021)

Postgraduate Diploma - Health and Wellbeing - Leeds Trinity University (2019)

Level 4 Award - Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice - Paramount Training & Development (2017)

Postgraduate Certificate - Social Research - Newcastle University (2013)

TAQA Assessor Award - Newcastle College (2012)

Certificate in Education - University of Brighton (2011)

MA - Community Psychology - University of Brighton (2011)

Short Course - Teaching in Higher Education - University of Brighton (2011)

Award - Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTTLS) - City College Brighton and Hove (2010)

Postgraduate Certificate - Psychology and Disability - Manchester Metropolitan University (2009)

BA (Hons) - Fine Art and Psychology - Liverpool Hope University / Liverpool University (2007)

Higher National Certificate - Nursing Studies - University of Brighton