New Guidance on Supporting BME Apprentices

by | Aug 1, 2018 | Uncategorised

Unionlearn (established by the TUC to help unions open up learning opportunities for their members), has published a new 20-page guide on supporting Black & Minority Ethnic apprentices, both in terms of encouraging more recruitment and ensuring that the...

Apprenticeship Funding Rules Published

by | Aug 1, 2018 | Uncategorised

As covered in ESFA’s Update below the ESFA has published the Apprenticeship Funding Rules (version 1) for the 2018-19 year. The funding rules are here and we are grateful to AELP for offering an analysis of the main changes for new starts from 1st August...

ESFA FE Update 1 August

by | Aug 1, 2018 | Uncategorised

Latest update from the ESFA including: 1. Information: Tech Level and Applied General qualifications on 16 to 19 performance tables; 2. Information: updated 2018 to 2019 apprenticeship funding rules;3. Information: 2018 to 2019 apprenticeships performance-management...

IfA Concerns about Conflict of Interest Quality Risk

by | Aug 1, 2018 | Uncategorised

Conflicts of interest are the “biggest risk” to the effectiveness of external quality assurance, the Institute for Apprenticeships has revealed in newly-published minutes from January and March meetings of its quality assurance committee, which is responsible for...