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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
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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
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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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Has end-point assessment removed the need for on-programme assessment?

You’d be surprised how many times we’ve been asked this question – mainly from assessors who deliver frameworks and are worried they will be out of a job when their organisation makes the switch to standards. The answer to the question ...

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  • 02 Jul
  • Tim Chewter
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Local Authorities – apprenticeship targets may be difficult, but don’t lose sight of the opportunities

For local authority HR teams, grappling with the apprenticeship levy and public sector targets can feel rather overwhelming and burdensome – but don’t lose sight of the opportunities. The government changes to apprenticeships provide ...

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  • 01 Jul
  • Tim Chewter
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Five things you should know about apprenticeships if you’re a business in the Digital industries

I consider myself to be first and foremost an education professional. The nature of my work focuses on further and higher education, and in particular the government’s reforms to apprenticeships. I am also the co-founder of a software ...

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  • 01 Jul
  • Tim Chewter
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Apprenticeships for existing employer staff – four considerations

Although apprenticeship starts are down, the apprenticeship levy is now driving a wider variety of employers to get involved with apprenticeships. So far, employers who have started paying the levy have had less focus on recruiting new ...

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  • 13 Jun
  • Tim Chewter
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Apprenticeship Employer Engagement Question

What your business development teams should know about apprenticeship standards, before engaging with employers

Most apprenticeship providers have now started to dip their toe into the new apprenticeship standards water. Volumes however are still low and we have some way to go before providers make the full transition. Business development teams ...

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  • 18 May
  • Tim Chewter
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