An update from Eileen Milner, ESFA chief executive, on senior staff moves in the agency

From 12 August 2020, we're asking employers to accept a new employer agreement to access apprenticeship funding for new apprentices and approve any account changes.

The apprenticeship standards funding bands document has been updated today (6 Apr) The Secretary of State for Education approved 13 funding band changes in July 2019 as part of the review of funding bands carried out by the Institute.

Apprenticeship frameworks will soon be replaced by new apprenticeships standards on 1 August 2020. Find out how employers and providers are already seeing the benefits of moving to standards.

Lydia is a junior user researcher in the Apprenticeship Service looking at how ethics is being used in user research within the @ESFAgov