by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 26, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) works with industry and government to research the sector’s needs, fund training, improve standards and ensure the industry has the workforce it needs. Construction employers are being invited to attend the latest...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 24, 2020 | Uncategorised
Ofqual has announced a new requirement for all regulated awarding organisations to publish fee information about their qualifications in a standard format that is easily accessible to potential purchasers. These changes will come into force on 1 October 2020. More on...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
A reminder that the next SCTP pre-employment meeting takes place on Wednesday 26 February, 10.00-13.00 at Lewes Jobcentre Plus. As always this is a great opportunity for members to focus on pre-employment programmes and to compare notes with each other and other key...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
The 6th Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) takes place on 2-3 March at the ICC in Birmingham. It will provide business-critical updates, advice and keynotes for those involved in the delivery of apprenticeships. AAC, in partnership with the Department for...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA is holding another webinar for training providers to demonstrate the journey employers and providers take when they use the apprenticeship service. This webinar will help training providers to support smaller employers that do not pay the levy, to use the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Education & Training Foundation (ETF) has launched a new programme of online training and community support to support teachers and trainers who will be delivering courses related to the new legal digital entitlement. This will fund all adults with no or low...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
The deadline for providers to express an interest to deliver T Levels in the 2022/2023 academic year is Friday 28 February 2020. Information about how to express an interest is here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ETF publishes a fortnightly T Level bulletin which details the Department for Education’s funded T level professional development offer. The latest edition can be seen here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 20, 2020 | Uncategorised
In January a report was published by EDSK claiming that employers and universities were mis-labelling training courses as apprenticeships in order to use their levy funding. Amongst other recommendations, it recommended that the term apprenticeships should only be...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 20, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has published some new occupational maps on its website to help employers and individuals to understand routes for progression and how occupations at different levels link together.
