QA Joins SCTP

A warm welcome back to SCTP’s latest full member – national specialist, grade 1, IT apprenticeship provider, QA. We look forward to working with Amanda Spring, Apprenticeships Resourcer and James Dawson, Sales Manager. QA has a local branch in the New England Quarter...

AELP Defends Level 2 Apprenticeships in New Paper

The Government urgently needs to boost lower level skills training to be ready for Brexit, according to a new AELP policy paper. AELP wants ministers to use government spending and post-18 education reviews as an opportunity to “reverse the sharp fall in level two...

SCTP Meets With AELP

SCTP was represented at two regional provider network meetings with AELP this week – the London East meeting (Paul Mitchell) and the South meeting (Jo Bridger). The concerns of members that arose from the recent SCTP Members’ Meeting and Strategic...

Metro Mayors Demand Control Over Unspent Levy Funds

The metro mayors overseeing skills budget devolution have joined forces to demand control of apprenticeship levy cash that employers fail to spend. This move follows the impending devolution of the AEB budget in 2019/20 and seeks to extend the power and control that...