by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) are asking providers who deliver adult care worker apprenticeships to complete a short survey on the impact of the £3000 funding band on these apprenticeships. The survey asks about whether £3000 is...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Chair of the Skills and Apprenticeship Policy Board at the Federation of Small Businesses, discusses in this article the challenges for small businesses in recruiting and training apprentices. He outlines that the FSB report published in April found that the main...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA have said that a funding rule that is preventing large employers from transferring levy funds to smaller employers to train 16 to 18 year-old apprentices is being reviewed. More on this can be read here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised
Ofqual’s Executive Director for Vocational and Technical Qualifications, Phil Beach, gave a speech at the AELP conference about their role in ensuring quality across the range of regulated qualifications, including apprenticeship End Point Assessments and T...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has announced the publication of a new framework setting out how apprenticeship End-Point Assessments (EPA) must be externally quality assured. The framework looks at what good practice in EPA looks...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education has published its statutory guidance for schools on relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education. The new curriculum will be mandatory from September 2020, and schools are encouraged to adopt the new...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has announced that it will start charging £40 for every apprenticeship external quality assurance (EQA) check it does from September. Ofqual have said that they will continue not charging for the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Education Sector Advisory Group coordinates efforts to boost UK education exports by overcoming sector challenges and exploiting opportunities. The group’s responsibilities include helping the Department for International Trade to implement a programme for...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Skills Minister, Anne Milton, when questioned about the future affordability of the apprenticeship programme, has said ‘one of the most palatable’ options for the government would be to introduce a pre-apprenticeship salary cap. Further details on this...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest news from the ESFA: 1. Action: subcontractor declaration for adult delivery, including apprenticeships and traineeships; 2. Information: further education phishing alert; 3. Information: 2018 to 2019 year-end forecast funding claim, indicative reconciliation...
