Tread carefully in taking forward Sainsbury
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers has given a generally positive welcome to the Sainsbury Review on Technical and Professional Education (TPE) for 16…
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.
Parity of Opportunity is the Prize of Reform
With the AELP National Conference only days away and crucial announcements imminent on the apprenticeship reforms, it is important to emphasise a key positive that…
Young people need SMEs to offer them apprenticeships
This week I presented my first AELP CEO monthly webinar which came a few days after the government had published its updated guidance for employers…
AELP appoints Mark Dawe as new CEO
Martin Dunford OBE, chairman of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, has announcd the appointment of Mark Dawe as the new chief executive of AELP.…
Stewart Segal on employer engagement, the levy and timescales
AELP CEO Stewart Segal talks about employer engagement at the Apprenticeships 4 England conference. Employers are a vital part of Apprenticeships and Segal says this has now…
AELP backs Apprenticeship vision plan
AELP has welcomed a new Apprenticeship plan from the government that will allow all providers to offer Traineeships next year, and not just those graded…
Clear direction of travel still needed for Apprenticeships
The recent AELP Autumn Conference saw 250 providers try to make sense of an apprenticeship programme that faces a number of changes. While the current…
AELP calls for Functional Skills alternative for Childcare Apprenticeship
Functional Skills should be an acceptable alternative to good English and maths GCSEs that Childcare Apprenticeships now require on exit, rather than entry, according to…
AELP’s Stewart Segal on 3 million Apprenticeships and Traineeships
AELP CEO Stewart Segal talks about the challenges and opportunities facing the sector as it looks to meet the government’s three million Apprenticeships target at…
Nick Boles AELP speech on productivity, budget and ensuring value
FE News filmed Skills Minister Nick Boles as he delivered his first public speech since the Election. Addressing AELP’s annual conference in London, Boles highlighted…