Party conferences must focus on social mobility
One of the nicer aspects of working in FE and skills is that we are in a sector where there is normally a cross-party…
AELP
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) is a national membership body, proudly representing its many member organisations that deliver training and vocational learning.
Fair system must be created to allow SMEs to access apprenticeship funding, say AELP
Smaller employers will need a streamlined digital service to access government funding for apprenticeships when they join the Apprenticeship Service (AS) which is currently operating…
AELP submission for Autumn Budget 2018
AELP has made a written submission to HM Treasury in advance of Autumn Budget 2018, the date of which has yet to be announced. In…
Government’s GCSE resits policy branded a disgrace after less than a quarter of 180,000 retakers pass maths
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) says that the government is letting a generation of young people down by blindly persisting with its…
GCSE results: School leavers are biggest losers from crash in apprenticeship opportunities, so the government must respond
School leavers losing out on slump in apprenticeship opportunities. Young people wanting to start earning while learning in an apprenticeship rather than stay on to…
Apprenticeship View: Associate Project Management Level 4
I’m now two months into my Level 4 Associate Project Management apprenticeship and what has been interesting to see first-hand is the amount of off-the-job…
Proposed cuts in funding bands of apprenticeship standards
Both the sector press and social media have begun reporting the apparent outcomes of the Institute for Apprenticeships’ review of the funding bands of 31…
ESFA announcement on apprenticeship service transition
The Education and Skills Funding Agency announced on 9 August that all employers would not be able to use the apprenticeship service to access apprenticeship…
Making Funding Work for You: AELP Workshop, 30 August, London
In the last few months AELP has run a number of workshops and webinars on the subject of the 20% Off the Job Training rules.…
Lessons to be learnt from Carillion apprentice redundancies
AELP has reacted with disappointment to the news this week that 341 Carillion apprentices are being made redundant and will lose their wage support. Since…