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Degree Apprenticeships set to be significant opportunity for HEIs over next five years, but establishing the right systems and ‘buy in’ from staff is crucial

Higher and Degree Apprenticeships has provided the HE sector with an opportunity to grow and expand their offer. For some HEIs however, apprenticeships aren’t always an easy fit with their organisation’s approaches, systems and ...

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  • 30 Nov
  • Tim Chewter
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Analysis: Apprenticeship standards and End-Point Assessment Organisations

SDN conducts a regular analysis of apprenticeship standards currently in development, which are published and which have End-Point Assessment Organisations (EPAO) in place (broken down by EPAO type, which standards they are approved ...

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  • 31 Oct
  • 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
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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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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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National programme launched to improve the delivery of independent end-point assessment in apprenticeships

A large-scale programme, funded by the Department for Education and commissioned by the Education and Training Foundation, is today being launched to improve capacity to deliver independent end-point assessment in apprenticeships. The ...

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  • 21 Oct
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Apprenticeship Levy – maximising your contribution (events)

Are you one of the 20,000 businesses who are in scope to pay the new Apprenticeship Levy from April 2017? If so, we’re running two free webinars and a detailed workshop to help you understand the levy and make a real return on your ...

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  • 10 May
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Apprenticeship 2020 Vision: What does the government’s five year plan tell us?

This month, the government published their vision for Apprenticeships over the next five years. The document confirms much of what we already knew about the Apprenticeship reforms, but provides much needed detail and timescales. Here’s ...

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  • 21 Dec
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Government opens up Traineeship delivery to all providers

Skills Minister Nick Bowles has announced that current restrictions on who can deliver Traineeships will be relaxed. As it currently stands, only training providers with an Ofsted grade of ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ can directly receive ...

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  • 10 Dec
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Details of new Apprenticeship Levy published

Further details of the much anticipated Apprenticeship Levy have now been published by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The document provided a summary of the responses received to the Levy consultation ...

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  • 26 Nov
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