AELP Survey Confirms Issues with Apprenticeship Reforms

Training providers, who serve 380,000 employers across the country, have confirmed that there are serious issues to resolve in the roll-out of the government’s apprenticeship reforms. Confirmation of the principal concerns go a long way to explain why the latest...

ESFA Guide to Assessment in Apprenticeships

The ESFA has issued a guide to assessment procedures for apprentices in England covering such features as roles and responsibilities and how to find an end-point assessor. Members may also find this article useful titled ‘How are end point assessments...

AELP Conference Day 1 Supplement from FE Week

Click here to see all the news and comment from day 1 of the AELP conference. No significant announcements so disappointment for those who were hoping that Anne Milton would announce a scrapping of the 10% apprenticeship SME contribution. Paul Mitchell was there for...

Two Free Webinars from City & Guilds

SCTP member, City & Guilds is offering two free webinars one looking at ‘Making 20% Off-the-Job Work’ (25th June, 12.30-1.30) and one on Supporting Apprentices (25th July, 12.30-1.30). More information and booking is here.

Delivering STEM Skills for the Economy

This is the title of a new report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee which has highlighted some of the current issues around STEM skills citing in particular patchy careers advice in schools, gender imbalances, a lack of clarity on the potential role...