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Apprenticeship pricing sounds simple, but it’s not!

Apprenticeship providers generally use the maximum funding band to set their apprenticeship price to employers, then assign costs to the five eligible cost categories: initial assessment; off-the-job training; materials and ...

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  • 03 Nov
  • Tim Chewter
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Degree Apprenticeship Funding Competition – what do you need to consider?

The Office for Students (OfS) has launched a £40 million competitive bidding exercise for registered higher education institutions. The exercise focuses on expanding Level 6 degree apprenticeship provision and addressing equality of ...

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  • 31 Oct
  • Tim Chewter
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Improving quality assurance in integrated end-point assessment

In this blog, SDN and Evoko’s university and end-point assessment specialist, Emily Hughes, gives some practical reflections on external quality assurance for integrated end-point assessment. As universities move into the core of ...

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  • 20 Oct
  • Tim Chewter
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Quality improvement strategy: a tool to help leaders define and deliver quality

As a leader of an apprenticeship provider, you have a key role to play in making sure that your apprenticeships are of the highest standard and meet the needs and expectations of all stakeholders. Yet, leading on quality at an ...

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  • 16 Oct
  • Tim Chewter
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Looking beyond the ILR: Collecting and using data to drive performance as an apprenticeship provider

Learner management software provides a great tool to collect Individualised Learner Record (ILR) data, but the required fields in the ILR do not tell your whole data story. If you really want to understand and drive performance as an ...

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  • 29 Sep
  • Tim Chewter
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Five questions end-point assessors ask themselves – and what this means for trainers

As an on-programme assessor or tutor, you play a vital role in helping your apprentices develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to succeed in their chosen career. But do you have a deep knowledge of what end-point ...

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  • 04 Sep
  • Tim Chewter
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Recognising safeguarding risks as an apprenticeship provider

As an apprenticeship provider, you have a duty of care to protect your learners from harm and abuse. But how can you spot the signs of safeguarding risks? Here are some tips to help you recognise factors that may indicate safeguarding ...

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  • 09 Aug
  • Tim Chewter
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How to be a great Designated Safeguarding Officer for your apprentices

If you’re a designated safeguarding officer (DSO) for an apprenticeship training provider, you have a very important role to play in securing the safety and well-being of your apprentices. You are not only responsible for dealing ...

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  • 25 Jul
  • Tim Chewter
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Five practical tips for measuring and assessing apprentice behaviours

In this post, we share with you five practical tips on how to measure and assess apprentices’ behaviour whilst on-programme. As a trainer/coach you know that behaviours are one of the key components of the knowledge, skills and ...

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  • 09 Jun
  • Tim Chewter
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Getting your costings right for apprenticeships

Getting your apprenticeship costings right is essential for ESFA compliance and for operating a financially sound apprenticeship programme Though every apprenticeship standard has a maximum funding band, each provider may have their ...

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  • 27 Apr
  • Tim Chewter
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