IFA Announces Membership Of Route Panels

The Institute for Apprenticeships has announced full membership of its 15 different industry Route Panels. 94 leaders and experts from a range of industrial and private-sector backgrounds will play a fundamental role in determining the development of apprenticeships...

Eileen Milner Starts As New ESFA Chief Executive

Eileen Milner has started her new role as Chief Executive of the Education and Skills Funding Agency. See her opening statement which acknowledges that ‘there is more work to be done on understanding the needs of our providers and employers’ and that she...

Crawley Careers & Jobs Fair 5th March 2018

The National Careers Service, Employ Crawley and SLN NCOP are organising a Careers and Jobs fair taking place at Crawley library in National Careers Week on Monday 5th March 2018. The event is aimed at bring young people and adults together with training providers and...

Essentials Of Apprenticeships Delivery – Free Guide

With many providers and employers looking to become apprenticeship providers, AELP has produced a free guide outlining the essential knowledge that those new to apprenticeship delivery will need to get to grips with. Written in plain English and with links to many...

Members Set For Regional Provider Conference

There are a limited number of places left for the South East Provider Conference on Wednesday 22 November in Reigate.  The Association of Learning Providers South East (ALPSE) has organised some excellent speakers this year from AELP, NAS, Ofsted and IfA. Details and...

Details Emerge Of AEB Allocations

There has been a focus on the successful providers in the recent Adult Education Budget Procurement. Click here for details of some new independent prime providers and here for details of colleges who fared well. Full details of allocations are here.

SCTP Confirms 2017-18 Staffing Plan

SCTP Chair Jo Bridger, speaking at yesterday’s members’ meeting, confirmed that the current temporary staffing structure would become the permanent structure until at least October 21018. This sees Paul Mitchell continuing as the sole Executive Director role focusing...

Podcast Analysis Of Advanced Learner Loans Market

In this podcast Beej Kaczmarczyk Director at the Learning Curve group and founder of E-memoir talks about Advanced Learner Loans at the Association of Colleges annual conference. Beej particularly highlights the different drivers for a learner to take out a loan and...