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SUMMARY:Level 4 Award in the IQA of Assessment Processes and Practice
DESCRIPTION:This Level 4 accredited qualification is designed to develop delegates practical quality assurance skills helping them to become effective quality assurance practitioners in a range of Post-16 contexts both in the workplace and in the classroom. This course covers both ‘Internal Quality Assurance’ and has an option for a top-up for ‘Lead Quality Assurance’ roles. We anticipate that delegates will already be working in post-16 education as a teacher/ trainer/assessor or coach. Delegates may have a strong vocational background and some will have moved into teaching/ assessing as a secondary career.\n\nThrough participation in this important strand of the Solvendis Teaching Excellence programme you will complete two modules to help you develop and craft your assessment skills. These modules require 2 days of taught sessions and then for delegates to gather evidence from their own professional practice before returning to a 1:1 portfolio review.\n\nTotal attendance time is 2 days of delivery and then a separate 1:1 session once all evidence has been gathered and submitted.\n\nAll delegates must have access to a suitably qualified mentor who can offer advice\, support and guidance during the practical application and portfolio creation.\n\nCourse Options – Dates and times are as follows:\n\n 	Course Option 1 – 12 & 13 August 2025 (10.00 – 4.00 online)\n 	Course Option 2 – 09 & 23 October 2025 (10.00 – 4.00 online)\n 	Course Option 3 – 01 & 08 December 2025 (10.00 – 4.00)
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/level-4-award-in-the-iqa-of-assessment-processes-and-practice/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:CPD Courses
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SUMMARY:Level 4 Certificate in Leading the IQA of Assessment Processes and Practice
DESCRIPTION:This Level 4 accredited qualification is designed to develop delegates practical quality assurance skills helping them to become effective quality assurance practitioners in a range of Post-16 contexts both in the workplace and in the classroom.  This course covers both ‘Internal Quality Assurance’ and ‘Lead Quality Assurance’ roles.\n\nWe anticipate that delegates will already be working in post-16 education as a teacher/ trainer/assessor or coach. Delegates may have a strong vocational background and some will have moved into teaching/ assessing as a secondary career.\n\nThrough participation in this important strand of the Solvendis Teaching Excellence programme you will complete three modules to help you develop and craft your assessment skills.  These modules require 3 days of taught sessions and then for delegates to gather evidence from their own professional practice before returning to a 1:1 portfolio review.\n\nDelivery is made up of 3 mandatory modules as follows:\n\n 	Understanding the Principles and Practices of Internally Assuring the Quality of\nAssessment\n 	Internally Assure the Quality of Assessment\n 	Plan\, allocate and Monitor Work in Own Area of Responsibility\n\nTotal attendance time is 3 days of delivery and then a separate 1:1 session once all evidence has been gathered and submitted.\nAll delegates must have access to a suitably qualified mentor who can offer advice\, support and guidance during the practical application and portfolio creation.
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/level-4-certificate-in-leading-the-iqa-of-assessment-processes-and-practice/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Masterclasses,Online & Webinars,CPD Courses
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ORGANIZER;CN="Solvendis":MAILTO:neil@solvendis.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250818T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250822T120000
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SUMMARY:Understanding Apprenticeship Financial Management
DESCRIPTION:Apprenticeship financial management is complex.\n\nDo you\, and your organisation\, know whether your provision is modelled effectively and profitable? Do you meet the compliance obligations for pricing and costs?\n\nGetting your apprenticeship pricing right is essential for DfE compliance but perhaps more importantly for operating a financially sound apprenticeship programme. This three part webinar series is designed for role holders working in finance or operations to understand the funding methodology in apprenticeships\, the compliance obligations and benefits of effective implementation.\n\nFor example:\n\n 	How do you measure whether a new apprenticeship standard is financially viable for you to deliver?\n 	Are you clear on what the apprenticeship actually costs you to deliver and where a profit margin can be made?\n 	Can you forecast revenue effectively and identify profitability?\n 	Are you clear on what are eligible and ineligible costs and that you aren’t overclaiming or underclaiming funding?\n 	Are you reporting your training price breakdown correctly to the employer?\n 	How do you recognise the apprentice’s prior learning and reflect this in your costings?\n 	Are you applying the correct training price for your own employees (which must be at cost price)?\n\n\n 	Session 1 – The funding model in England and funded components\n 	Session 2 – Apprenticeship costs and pricing\n 	Session 3 – Necessary infrastructure and variables\n\nIn the webinar series\, we’ll help you to understand:\n\n 	the apprenticeship funding model in England\n 	understand price components of training and assessment\n 	eligible and ineligible costs\, how to identify these at a budget level and implement an effective offer to an employer\n 	cost models and options\n 	the importance of effective contracts with employers\n 	the role of employer co-investment and models of collection to ensure compliance\n 	Additional funding components: additional payments and learning support\n 	the impact of prior learning on cost models\n 	Employer-provider variables\n\nYou will receive a CPD attendance certificate after the series\, as evidence of your personal development.\n\nBooking\n\nYou can either attend the live sessions or be sent the recording and materials if you prefer to review them in your own time.\n\nIf you’re a public sector body (e.g. Local Authority)\, and unable to book via card\, please email us. When you make a booking\, you agree to these Terms and Conditions (including those who request a booking via email and invoice).\n\nSDN CPD is designed for Government funded Training Providers. If you’re not a Government funded Training Provider but are still interested in attending please email events@strategicdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk to discuss your attendance in more detail before booking.\n\nIf you have several staff who would benefit\, let us know and we’ll send you details of the most cost-effective way of accessing the session.\n\nUnable to make date / times? Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording and materials.\n\nWho is this in-depth webinar for?\n\nThis series is for anyone involved in the development of apprenticeship budgeting and financial operations. This could\, for example\, include finance staff\, compliance staff\, employer-facing staff\, business development teams\, commercial leads\, senior managers / decision-makers.\n\nNote: This programme is a 25/26 update to our previously delivered series on understanding apprenticeship costings.\n\nFacilitators and speakers\n\nThe session will be facilitated by David Lockhart-Hawkins\, SDN’s funding and compliance expert will facilitate this series. After working in the sector for over 20 years\, David has supported hundreds of providers to establish effective compliance systems. His in-depth understanding of funding and wider apprenticeship delivery gives him a unique insight into compliance across the organisation.\n\nWhy an SDN webinar?\n\nSDN has directly supported 5\,000 apprenticeship staff\, from 1\,000 organisations\, to prepare to deliver apprenticeship standards and end-point assessment. We’ve also worked closely with over 80 of the trailblazer employer groups\, giving us a unique insight into what is required.\n\nPayment\n\nTo keep prices down\, payment for this event must be made online via credit card (book below). If you are a public sector body (e.g. Local Authority) who is unable to book via card\, please email us on: events@strategicdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk.\n\nTerms and Conditions\n\nThe Terms and Conditions (including our refund policy) for SDN courses\, events and webinars can be found here. When you make a booking\, you agree to these Terms and Conditions (including those who request a booking via email and invoice)\n\nAny questions\, please email: events@strategicdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk.
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/understanding-apprenticeship-financial-management/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Masterclasses,Online & Webinars,CPD Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251006T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T153000
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SUMMARY:Apprenticeship compliance for your role
DESCRIPTION:Everyone involved in apprenticeship delivery should understand the fundamentals of apprenticeship compliance.\n\nWhether you’re involved in training\, curriculum design\, quality assurance\, employer engagement or administration – understanding what ESFA compliance means for your role is crucial in helping the organisation to draw down the right funding and mitigate risks.\n\nDesigned around the latest version of the funding rules and updated in-year\, this three-part series is designed to introduce all apprenticeship staff to the core apprenticeship rules and where their role fits in the compliance journey.\n\nPart 1 will look at the typical apprentice journey\, the core rules that matter and common solutions seen\, including the importance of the little details and core parts of the evidence pack.\n\nPart 2 will look at common errors and build an understanding of risk awareness as part of a transparent compliance culture.\n\nPart 3 will open the floor to core questions and discussions of best practice.\n\nYou will receive a CPD attendance certificate after the series\, as evidence of your personal development.\n\nThis series\, led by David Lockhart-Hawkins\, will help you to:\n\n 	Understand the core compliance rules for Apprenticeships\n 	Understand how they fit into the typical apprentice journey\n 	Know how funding works and what this means for your role\n 	Keep an eye out for common errors\n 	How to mitigate funding risks\n\nParticipants will also receive a useful workbook that highlights the key areas of the learning journey.\n\nThis series takes place on Monday 6 October (2-3.30pm)\, Wednesday 8 October (2-3.30pm) and Thursday 9 October (2-3.30pm).\n\nIf there are any dates/times where you aren’t available\, register anyway and we’ll send you the recording and slides.\n\nBooking Information\n\nTo enable your organisation to make the most of the training we have set the following price structure:\n\nSingle ticket: £195 + VAT\n\nGroup ticket: £395 + VAT\n\nDo you have a team who would all benefit from attending? This ticket allows for 10 registrations\, we want all your team to benefit.\n\nPlease get in touch if you would like to discuss a price for a larger group.\n\nWho is this webinar series for?\n\nPerfect for new starts across all departments as well as those requiring a refresher\, this is designed for all staff involved in administrating or delivering apprenticeships so they can develop a healthy understanding of compliance and how it relates to their job role.\n\nFacilitators and speakers\n\nDavid Lockhart-Hawkins\, SDN’s funding and compliance expert will facilitate this session.\n\nAfter working in the sector for over 20 years\, David has supported hundreds of providers to establish effective compliance systems. His in-depth understanding of funding and wider apprenticeship delivery gives him a unique insight into compliance across the organisation.\n\nSDN’s CPD is drawn from its work with over 1\,000 apprenticeship providers and thousands of staff – giving you a unique insights into practices that can drive the quality of your provision. Our sessions are also intensely practical – equipping you with the knowledge and resources to act and make improvements in your role and organisation.\n\nPayment\n\nTo keep costs down\, payment for the webinar series must be made online via credit card (book below). If you are a Local Authority\, and unable to book via card\, please email us on: events@strategicdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk.\n\nTerms and Conditions\n\nThe Terms and Conditions (including our refund policy) for SDN events and webinars can be found here. When you make a booking\, you agree to these Terms and Conditions (including those who request a booking via email and invoice)\n\nAny questions\, please email the SDN events team: events@strategicdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk.
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/apprenticeship-compliance-for-your-role/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Masterclasses,Online & Webinars,CPD Courses
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SUMMARY:AmplifyFE Community Space: How Can We Increase Engagement in Maths with Interactive Technologies?
DESCRIPTION:Many maths learners find it difficult to connect with abstract course content\, and as a result\, not only do they struggle to learn the material\, but they can also become demotivated\, anxious\, and disengaged. Fortunately\, learning technologies for maths make lessons much more “touchable”\, visual\, and relevant\, offering an effective means of engaging and motivating students\, deepening their understanding of fundamental concepts\, and reinforcing learning through practice. \n\n\n\nIn this session\, we’ll explore some of the ways interactive maths technology can be used effectively in the classroom\, from illuminating visualisations to interactive\, learner-led activities that naturally foster investigation\, collaboration\, and discussion. Demonstrations will be done using Maple Learn\, the online maths tool from Maplesoft\, with examples taken from the A-Level and GCSE content collections\, which conform to the AQA and Pearson exam specifications. These collections make it easy for educators to deliver engaging\, interactive maths experiences to their learners through the use of customisable content created to meet the specific needs of their class. \n\n\n\nWebinar leader: Karishma Punwani
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/amplifyfe-community-space-how-can-we-increase-engagement-in-maths-with-interactive-technologies/
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Masterclasses,Online & Webinars,CPD Courses
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ORGANIZER;CN="AmplifyFE":MAILTO:amplifyfe@alt.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260127T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260127T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T115850
CREATED:20230606T103618Z
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SUMMARY:Understanding 2025/26 Apprenticeship Funding Rules
DESCRIPTION:The apprenticeship funding rules and requirements are updated annually and impact on the paperwork and processes which providers need to adopt.  \nAt this easy-to-follow seminar\, which is suitable for beginners as much as it is for seasoned apprenticeship professionals\, we will look the funding rules\, regulations and guidance impacting on apprenticeships. \nThe seminar format encourages delegate participation and aims to ensure that attendees get reliable guidance and advice. \nAs part of the day’s agenda we will: \n\nEnsure that your organisation has the knowledge to fully comply with the funding rules and requirements for 2025/26.\nImprove your understanding of the expectations around initial assessment\, programme planning\, prior learning\, negotiated price expectations\, the adjustment of programme content and duration\, the evidence pack requirements and apprenticeship audit expectations.\nDiscuss funding bands\, the timing of payments\, co-investment\, incentives\, learning support\, care learners and English and maths.\n\nLed by an experienced member of the Solvendis  Audit\, Data and Compliance team the seminar will be of particular relevance to independent training providers\, employer providers\, universities and colleges.
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/understanding-apprenticeship-funding-rules-2023-24/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Masterclasses,CPD Courses
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ORGANIZER;CN="Solvendis":MAILTO:neil@solvendis.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260325T100000
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SUMMARY:Inclusion - Responding Effectively to Ofsted's Expectations
DESCRIPTION:The recent introduction of Ofsted’s revised inspection framework has firmly shone the spotlight of inspection onto Inclusion.  Although Inclusion has always been considered in an inspection\, it was embedded within other aspects of provision; recruitment\, participation\, equality\, diversity or achievement.\n\nInclusion isn’t about any one single initiative – inspectors want to see how well training providers develop an inclusive culture\, how leadership support inclusive education and how learner needs are identified and responded to.\n\nThis session aims to develop a providers understanding of Ofsted’s expectations around inclusion and to build confidence in applying inclusive practices across curriculum\, teaching\, support and leadership.\n\nAs part of this session\, we will consider:\n\nThe expectations of Ofsted\n\n 	What they expect to see\n 	What they have reported so far\n 	What makes an exceptional judgement?\n\nStrategies for structure and support\n\n 	A culture of inclusion\n 	Practice and policy\n 	Mechanisms for review\n 	Measuring and understanding impact\n\nIdentifying and recording learner vulnerabilities\n\n 	What makes a learner vulnerable?\n 	What does your data tell you?\n 	What are your patterns of attendance?
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/qar-understanding-and-calculating-achievement-rates/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Masterclasses,Online & Webinars,CPD Courses
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ORGANIZER;CN="Solvendis":MAILTO:neil@solvendis.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T115850
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SUMMARY:QAR – Understanding and Calculating Achievement Rates
DESCRIPTION:The calculation of the QAR (Qualification Achievement Rate)\, pass and retention rates are seen by many as the absolute definition of dark arts in the FE and Skills sector. At this focused workshop we will reveal all enabling managers\, MIS and Compliance staff to understand QAR and make accurate QAR calculations for your organisation.\n\nThe workshop will be practical in nature and will give delegates:\n\n 	A clear understanding of the principles of QAR and the business rules applied by the DfE\n 	Worked examples of how the hybrid year-end impacts the QAR calculation\n 	An understanding of the impact planned and actual end dates have on QAR outcomes\n 	Guidance on how to benchmark your QAR performance against sector norms for the Standards you deliver\n 	Review and practical application of pass and retention rates\n 	How to effectively forecast future years using the data and tools available\n 	Linkage to the Accountability Framework and benchmarking data\n\nThe workshop will also provide guidance on the strategies which can be adopted when planning and delivering programmes
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/qar-understanding-and-calculating-achievement-rates-4/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Masterclasses,Online & Webinars,CPD Courses
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ORGANIZER;CN="Solvendis":MAILTO:neil@solvendis.co.uk
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