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SUMMARY:Compliance essential series: Understanding apprenticeship financial management – Funding\, forecasting\, costs and budgeting
DESCRIPTION:Apprenticeship financial management is complex.\n\nDo you and your organisation know whether your provision is modelled effectively and profitably? Do you meet the compliance obligations for pricing and costs?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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:\nHow do you measure whether a new apprenticeship standard is financially viable for you to deliver?\nAre you clear on what the apprenticeship actually costs you to deliver and where a profit margin can be made?\nCan you forecast revenue effectively and identify profitability?\nAre you clear on what are eligible and ineligible costs and that you aren’t overclaiming or underclaiming funding?\nAre you reporting your training price breakdown correctly to the employer?\nHow do you recognise the apprentice’s prior learning and reflect this in your costings?\nAre you applying the correct training price for your own employees (which must be at cost price)?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 1 – The funding model in England and funded components\nSession 2 – Apprenticeship costs and pricing\nSession 3 – Necessary infrastructure and variables\n\n\n\n\nIn the webinar series\, we’ll help you to understand:.\n\n\n\n\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 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 an ‘Apprenticeship costs and budgeting tool’\, ‘Revenue forecasting tool’ and a ‘Recognition of Prior learning calculator’ as well as a CPD attendance certificate as evidence of your personal development.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout your session\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid 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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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.
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/compliance-essential-series-understanding-apprenticeship-financial-management-funding-forecasting-costs-and-budgeting/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online & Webinars
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260121T173000
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SUMMARY:Professionally Speaking 2026: Exploring learner behaviour and the power of physical activity
DESCRIPTION:Across all settings\, behaviour remains a topic that consistently tests educators’ resilience and creativity. Low-level disruption\, emotional regulation\, disengagement\, and the growing pressures on learner wellbeing have all been widely reported. \n\n\n\nIn Professionally Speaking 2026\, we will be joined by Professor Kelly Mackintosh of Swansea University who will explore this pressing challenge and the potential role physical activity can play in supporting positive behaviour and wellbeing. \n\n\n\nProfessor Mackintosh\, an expert in physical activity for health\, will: \n\n\n\n\nexplore the evidence linking physical activity to improved behaviour and emotional regulation\n\n\n\nshare practical examples of how registrants can embed movement into the day\n\n\n\noffer new ideas to create calmer\, more inclusive\, and engaging learning environments\n\n\n\n\nFollowing the keynote presentation\, attendees will also have the opportunity to share their own experiences\, and put questions directly to Professor Mackintosh in a live Q&A. \n\n\n\nWhether you work directly with learners and young people\, or in a supporting or policy role\, this session will provide valuable perspectives on how physical activity can contribute to positive behaviour and wellbeing across all education settings. \n\n\n\nIt promises to be an engaging and thought-provoking discussion that blends research insight with practical\, real-world relevance. So don’t miss out\, secure your free ticket now. \n\n\n\nMore about the speaker\n\n\n\nProfessor Kelly Mackintosh is an expert in children’s physical activity for health\, with a particular focus on how schools can help young people build active\, healthy habits for life. \n\n\n\nBased at Swansea University\, her research explores how physical activity can influence behaviour\, well-being\, and learning\, and how simple\, evidence-based changes within education settings can make a lasting difference. \n\n\n\nProfessor Mackintosh has led and contributed to a range of innovative projects\, including the Children’s Health\, Activity\, and Nutrition: Get Educated! (CHANGE!) Project\, which aimed to improve primary school children’s well-being through better physical activity and eating behaviours. Her work has also explored creative approaches to engaging learners\, from after-school interventions that combine active video games with multi-skills training\, to high-intensity\, military-ethos programmes designed to boost motivation and confidence. \n\n\n\nWorking collaboratively across disciplines\, she has partnered with computer scientists\, engineers\, and healthcare professionals to develop new ways of encouraging movement\, including social goal-sharing technologies in a project entitled ‘Mission Possible’ and physical activity-based interventions supporting young people with long-term health conditions such as cystic fibrosis and asthma. \n\n\n\nProfessor Mackintosh has won several awards and is recognised internationally for her contributions to physical activity research\, evidenced as a top 1% researcher in her area. \n\n\n\nHer ongoing research continues to highlight the crucial role of physical activity not just in improving health\, but in supporting behaviour\, focus\, and overall well-being among children and young people.
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/professionally-speaking-2026-exploring-learner-behaviour-and-the-power-of-physical-activity/
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Masterclasses,Online & Webinars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Education Workforce Council":MAILTO:media@ewc.wales
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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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SUMMARY:Compliant Recognition of Prior Learning and Experience
DESCRIPTION:The apprenticeship funding rules continue to focus on Recognising Prior Learning and Experience\, underlining the importance of identifying learners starting points. \nOur audit review work continues to identify a recurring weakness with many providers failing to fully implement the DfE funding rule requirements around negotiated price calculations and the recognition of prior learning and experience. \nAt this focused workshop\, we will: \n\nreview DfE apprenticeship funding rules and expectations for RPLE;\nConsider and identify\, in a simplified form\, eligible and ineligible costs and how to record them;\nconsider the initial assessment process and the impact prior learning and experience has on the cost\, content and duration of an apprenticeship programme;\nTalk through the strategies which a provider can employ to successfully implement the RPLE funding requirements.
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/recognition-of-prior-learning-and-the-negotiated-price-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Masterclasses
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ORGANIZER;CN="Solvendis":MAILTO:neil@solvendis.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Skills Northwest - The National Apprenticeship & Education Event
DESCRIPTION:About the event\n\n\n\n\nThe National Careers Event (Skills Show Northwest) in Liverpool is the perfect event for school and college students from year 10+ as well as young adults to find out more about apprenticeships at all levels as well as the educational pathways available to them.\nTaking place at  Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool this event welcomes visitors and exhibitors from across the Northwest Region including Liverpool\, Merseyside\, Lancashire\, Cumbria\, Blackburn\, Preston\, Halton\, Wrexham\, Warrington\, Chester and Blackpool. \nBe there. Be inspired!\nOur events bring together thousands of Students aged 15+ from schools\, sixth forms & colleges\, parents\, guardians & individuals together with Top UK Employers\, Universities\, Colleges & Training Providers. Our events provide those all-important face-to-face conversations in a fun and interactive setting. \nTeachers and Careers Leaders of age 15+ Students\n\nYour students will meet businesses face to face; discover apprenticeships & how to  access apprenticeship programmes as well as other career routes into work.\nYour students will get up to date careers advice and guidance on a wide range of future career paths.\nYour students will get the opportunity to engage with universities\, colleges\, top UK employers & training providers.\nYour students will be able to access information on future study options.\nYour students can discover career opportunities and work experience placements.\n\nAged 15+\nAre you leaving school\, sixth form or college?\nWhat are your options?\n\nWhich University?\nDo you need apprenticeship advice? Learn more about intermediate to degree level!\nWhat’s a T-Level?\nHow does an apprenticeship work with a training provider?\nWhat can the regional colleges offer you?\n\nParents and Guardians of a child\, or children\, aged 15+\nAre they leaving school\, sixth form or college?\nDo you need to find out more about what comes next?\nThere’s a lot to discover – all visitors attend our regional events for FREE and get the opportunity to engage with both national and regional businesses to find out more about all career options and pathways available to them. Talks by businesses\, interactive engagement like competitions\, virtual reality and have a go sessions to get involved with! \nGeneral Visitors\nAre you looking for a new job or training opportunity?\nWith over 40+ regional and national businesses at each event – find amazing job opportunities!\nExhibiting at our events\nIf you’re an employer or provider and would like to discuss showcasing your opportunities\, then why not exhibit at one or more of our events? \nContact the Events Team exhibit@nationalapprenticeshipevents.co.uk or 0800 023 5407
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/skills-northwest-the-national-apprenticeship-education-event/
LOCATION:Aintree Racecourse\, Ormskirk Rd\, Liverpool L9 5AS\, L9 5AS
CATEGORIES:National Apprenticeship Events,National Apprenticeship Shows
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ORGANIZER;CN="National Apprenticeship Events and Conferences Ltd":MAILTO:info@nationalapprenticeshipevents.co.uk
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SUMMARY:AmplifyFE workshop: Smarter Careers Guidance - Connecting Learners\, Education and Employers Through Immersive Technology
DESCRIPTION:Careers guidance is most effective when learners can clearly see how education\, training and employment connect — yet too often these experiences sit in silos. \n\n\n\nThis webinar explores how immersive technology is enabling a smarter\, more connected approach to careers guidance. We’ll look at how digital environments can bring students\, education and training providers\, and employers together in one shared space that supports ongoing exploration\, not just one-off encounters. \n\n\n\nThe session will include: \n\n\n\n\nA practical tour of CareersVerse as a working example of immersive careers guidance\n\n\n\nReal-world insight from organisations that have created their own careers hubs\n\n\n\nReflections on the impact this approach is having on learner engagement\, confidence and informed choices\n\n\n\n\nDesigned for careers leaders\, educators and employer partners looking to strengthen careers provision through collaboration and innovation. \n\n\n\nPresenters: \n\n\n\nJulien Sample\, Harlow College \n\n\n\nDr Majid Al-Kader\,  mXreality 
URL:https://www.fenews.co.uk/event/amplifyfe-workshop-smarter-careers-guidance-connecting-learners-education-and-employers-through-immersive-technology/
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Masterclasses,Online & Webinars
ORGANIZER;CN="AmplifyFE":MAILTO:amplifyfe@alt.ac.uk
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