EPA Assessor Capacity Remains a Concern

The nature of Apprenticeship End Point Assessments remains a concern for employers and providers alike especially in relation to assessor capacity. This FE Week article looks at the issues after speaking to more than a dozen organisations delivering EPAs.

Apprenticeships in Sussex Events Update

As members will know SCTP uses the public-facing brand of Apprenticeships in Sussex (AIS) to promote the pre-employment and apprenticeship provision of SCTP members. AIS is a website directory of provision and an events service going into schools and colleges and...

Latest Apprenticeship Statistics Confirm Downward Trend

The DfE has published the Apprenticeship statistics for the period August 2017 to June 2018 giving 11 months of data developing into a reliable picture of apprenticeship starts performance. There have been 341,700 apprenticeship starts reported to date between August...

RBS Skills and Opportunities Fund

The RBS Skills and Opportunities Fund is making grants of up to £35,000 available to not-for-profit organisations (charities, social enterprises, community groups, schools and colleges) for projects that will enable people in disadvantaged communities to develop,...