From Performance Partners to Admins: What Happened to L&D’s Influence?
15 years ago, Learning and Development (L&D) teams sat at the centre of business performance. They were internal consultants, diagnosing capability gaps and designing tailored…
Apprenticeship Standards
Here are the latest news and thought leadership articles on Apprenticeship Standards. Apprenticeship standards were first developer in 2013 as a part of the Richard’s Review of Apprenticeships. Apprenticeship Standards are employer led and now replace the previous Apprenticeship ‘Frameworks’.
Apprenticeship standards were first introduced in 2017.From 2020, all apprenticeship starts are standards.
Apprenticeship standards show what an apprentice will be doing and the skills required of them, by job role. Standards are developed by employer groups known as ‘trailblazers’.
You can use the apprenticeship standard finder on the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education website
Closing the Safety Gap, Why Policy Alone Won’t Protect the Workforce
As a freelance education consultant with over 20 years’ experience in Further Education, I’ve spent my career helping institutions design the best possible provisions to…
Further Education and Skills sector ‘starved of funding’, MPs call for urgent investment
The Education Committee has laid out a blueprint for how the Government should spread prosperity and achieve its mission of economic growth by investing in…
Engineers of Tomorrow Celebrate Graduation
Midlands-based multidisciplinary engineering firm adi Group proudly celebrated the achievements of its latest cohort of pre-apprenticeship students on Thursday 3rd July, with a graduation ceremony held at…
SELECT welcomes new agreement between SJIB and NET which cements longstanding commitment to apprentice training
Scotland’s largest construction trade association, SELECT, has welcomed a new agreement which strengthens the ongoing relationship for electrical apprentice training in Scotland. The Scottish Joint…
England’s Apprenticeship Provision Needs Urgent Reform To Drive Economic Growth and Deliver On Social Mobility
England is facing chronic skills shortages and apprenticeships can play a key role in closing this gap. However, while there is some very good provision…
From Barrier to Bedrock: Rethinking Functional Skills in Light of Ofqual’s EPA Reforms
In the world of apprenticeships, Functional Skills in maths and English are often treated as a hurdle — something to get over in order to…
More Employers Back Apprenticeships than Graduates as Demand for School Leavers Rises Across England
New data from First Intuition reveals a shift in how UK accountancy employers are building their talent pipelines. Apprenticeships are the preferred route into accountancy…
Developing a Centre based model for Ofqual regulated EpAOs
Recognising that working together and combining efforts produce stronger results than individual working, Jacqui Molkenthin from JEML Consulting, Sarah Sutcliffe and Jackie Stark from ProAssess…
The New Apprenticeship Funding Rules: Next Steps for EpAOs
3 months on from the monumental policy announcements around apprenticeship end-point assessment and following today’s launch of the new apprenticeship funding rules I thought I…