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Employer Apprenticeship Mentor

How to encourage employers to motivate their apprentices to succeed – five examples

Good apprenticeships are a partnership between training provider, apprentice and business. Many employers however, look to the provider for advice and support. It’s really important that part of the advice given to employers, ...

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  • 21 Nov
  • Tim Chewter
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The emerging picture of end-point assessment methods – what are the trends?

Every few months, SDN carries out a forensic analysis of apprenticeship standards to support our clients make more informed decisions about on-programme delivery or end-point assessment design. We also delve into every assessment plan ...

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  • 20 Nov
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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Manchester Met University Degree Apprenticeships

Getting to grips with on-programme assessment – case study insights from Manchester Met University

Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) delivers a suite of Level 6 and 7 apprenticeship standards, including the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship. To make sure the Chartered Manager curriculum is relevant to specific ...

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  • 02 Nov
  • Tim Chewter
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There are big opportunities for HEIs to conduct end-point assessment. Have you considered these three options?

More universities are delivering degree-apprenticeships, yet only 46% of the approved Level 6 and 7 apprenticeship standards have a registered End-Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) in place. This blog explores why Higher Education ...

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  • 19 Oct
  • Tim Chewter
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New grants launched to explore how students could support staff in their use of learning technologies

A new grants programme has today been launched for FE and training providers, to explore how students and staff can work together in their understanding and use of technologies for learning. The pilot programme, funded by the Education ...

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  • 17 Oct
  • Tim Chewter
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How Philip Hammond’s levy transfer proposals can open new opportunities for business development staff

Photo credit: Career Employer   In the wake of Philip Hammond’s announcement that the annual levy transfer facility will rise from 10% to 25%, business development staff working for apprenticeship training organisations have a new ...

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  • 05 Oct
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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End-point assessment is complex and high-stakes – how do we achieve fairness and consistency?

Kevin the Teenager might just have had a fair point… Remember him? One of Harry Enfield’s funnier, best-observed, most recognisable characters – even on film, trying so hard and failing so comically to ‘go large’ in Ibiza with ...

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  • 10 Aug
  • Tim Chewter
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Business development staff – are you ready for the kind of questions levy-paying employers will ask you?

Levy-paying employers now have “skin in the game” What do we mean by that? For most employers, the levy means they are now stumping up the (digital) cash to pay for the full apprenticeship training for the first time. More than that, ...

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  • 17 Jul
  • Tim Chewter
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Business development staff – are you ready for the kind of questions levy-paying employers will ask you?

Levy-paying employers now have “skin in the game” What do we mean by that? For most employers, the levy means they are now stumping up the (digital) cash to pay for the full apprenticeship training for the first time. More than that, ...

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  • 17 Jul
  • SDN Admin
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Five things you should know about apprenticeships if you’re a business in the Rail industry

More than four and a half million people use the railway each day and it is crucial to the UK economy. The rail network consists of 20,000 miles of track, thousands of bridges, tunnels and viaducts, as well as thousands of signals, ...

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  • 06 Jul
  • Tim Chewter
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