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Tag: apps

Ofsted inspection of Degree Apprenticeships – what does it mean for HEIs?

Ofsted now inspect all Level 6 and Level 7 apprenticeships, including Degree Apprenticeships, which had previously been in the remit of the Office for Students. But what does mean for HEIs? To find out, we asked Louise Doyle – an SDN ...

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  • 02 Oct
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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  • apps , hei

Aligning your curriculum offer with the ever-changing talent pipeline needs of employers

The workforce needs of businesses are changing rapidly. Technological advancement replaces jobs that were once in high demand and new roles with new skills emerge in their place. So, how can colleges and training providers align their ...

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  • 22 Sep
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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  • apps , employ
David Lockhart-Hawkins

Key messages from the updated Apprenticeship Funding Rules

On 15 July 2020, the ESFA published their first iteration of the 2020-21 Apprenticeship Funding Rules. Many providers have already started considering how the end of frameworks and new employer incentives will change their ...

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  • 30 Jul
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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  • apps , hei , insights , skills
Functional Skills maths

A year on from the reformed functional skills qualification – how can you reflect on and improve your delivery

Since September 2019, all new apprentices that need to study functional skills have been enrolled onto new, reformed, functional skills qualifications. A change of this kind is never easy to implement, especially with lockdown thrown ...

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  • 24 Jul
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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  • apps , hei , skills

Help employers make sense of the Chancellor’s summer statement options

On Thursday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced several incentives to encourage employers to create more work opportunities for young people over the next six months, rather than batten down the hatches to weather ...

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  • 14 Jul
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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  • apps , employ , skills , tlevel

The risk and reward of growing your degree-apprenticeship offer this autumn

Universities across the UK are expected to have a significant drop in income from international students in 2020-21 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. To mitigate this loss of income, many HEIs are looking at how an improved ...

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  • 16 Jun
  • SDN Admin
  • Blog
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  • apps , hei

The risk and reward of growing your degree-apprenticeship offer this autumn

Universities across the UK are expected to have a significant drop in income from international students in 2020-21 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. To mitigate this loss of income, many HEIs are looking at how an improved ...

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  • 16 Jun
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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  • apps , hei

Chris Cherry gives his thoughts on end-point assessment in the lead up to our Preparing for EPA webinar series…

In advance of our 5-part webinar series: Preparing your apprentices for end-point assessment, SDN’s Strategic Associate, Chris Cherry, provides his thoughts on where end-point assessment might be heading in light of the Covid-19 ...

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  • 22 May
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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  • apps , epa

Delivering great training online is more about engagement than IT skills

Delivering FE and skills provision to learners remotely is not easy. And it’s not necessarily because you haven’t got the latest video software or superfast broadband, but more likely because that rapport you have with your learners ...

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  • 18 May
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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  • apps , hei , skills
David Lockhart-Hawkins

How to avoid common apprenticeship funding errors and safeguard your funding

With an uncertainty as to how the apprenticeship landscape will settle in the coming months and years, it can be difficult to know how best to plan for the future. However, one thing is clear, we will all need to adapt to a ‘new ...

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  • 27 Apr
  • Tim Chewter
  • Blog
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  • apps , hei

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