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Five steps to (self-assessment) heaven for leaders in education

Our colleague Louise Doyle (Director of Mesma and Senior Associate with SDN) wrote this blog which you many have found helpful – so we thought we’d share it with you too. Effective self-assessment and the improvement plan ...

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  • 27 Jul
  • Tim Chewter
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Front-line staff not as confident as their managers about future of the sector

The learning and skills sector has been facing change on an unprecedented scale. Almost every area of our industry is experiencing new reforms, reviews and restructuring. In the wake of the general election, we conducted a short ...

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  • 20 Jul
  • Tim Chewter
  • News & Press Releases , Press Releases
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Establishing apprenticeship systems as an HEI – insights from Sheffield Hallam University

For many HEIs considering the delivery of Higher and Degree Apprenticeships, the apprenticeship sector can be difficult to navigate. Perhaps most challenging is the need to set up new systems, processes and funding mechanisms, that ...

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  • 16 May
  • Tim Chewter
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Apprenticeship end-point assessment – preparing your organisation’s involvement

Are you planning to get involved in delivering apprenticeship end-point assessment? Do you want to be in a much better position to become a government-approved Apprentice Assessment Organisation (AAO), or develop a consortium. Future ...

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  • 01 May
  • Tim Chewter
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What should we be asking an Apprenticeship Assessment Organisation (AAO)?

This week’s blog comes from our colleague Louise Doyle – Director of Mesma and Senior Associates with SDN One of the questions we often pose to employers and training providers is ‘what questions should you be asking of ...

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  • 02 Mar
  • Tim Chewter
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New equality, diversity and inclusion course launched for front-line staff delivering new apprenticeship standards

A new online course is today being launched to help apprenticeship staff engage and support a diverse range of apprentices (and their employers) right the way through the new apprenticeship standards journey. The two-hour Education and ...

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  • 28 Feb
  • Tim Chewter
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Moving from apprenticeship frameworks to standards – insights from JTL Training

Last week, we hosted a Coffee Break webinar to give providers a chance to hear from JTL Training. Over 60% of JTL’s apprentices are on new apprenticeship standards, so they have lots of insights to share. Here’s a summary of their ...

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  • 14 Feb
  • Tim Chewter
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Moving from apprenticeship frameworks to standards – insights from JTL Training

Last week, we hosted a Coffee Break webinar to give providers a chance to hear from JTL Training. Over 60% of JTL’s apprentices are on new apprenticeship standards, so they have lots of insights to share. Here’s a summary of their ...

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  • 14 Feb
  • SDN Admin
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Apprenticeship end-point assessment – the ‘independence’ question

Over the last few months, with our partners AELP, we’ve worked with almost 500 organisations interested in delivering end-point assessment. We’ve taken them through the options, opportunities, risks and decision making process. But the ...

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  • 30 Jan
  • Tim Chewter
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Becoming an end-point assessment provider – 4 things you should know

If you’re reading this post, chances are you know that all apprentices in future will go through end-point assessment, independently carried out by an Apprentice Assessment Organisation (AAO). Sector organisations of all shapes and ...

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  • 22 Oct
  • SDN Admin
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