£2bn Levy Underspend: Has the demise of the levy been much exaggerated?
#Apprenticeships 2020: Expiring #Levy Funding and Premature Success Rates – Don’t Panic Yet! There has been a lot of speculation about whether Levy Overspend could…
Richard Marsh
#Apprenticeships at the end of 2019: Competitions, Awards and Free online access for all…
Competition Like many thousands of people I recently attended (and thoroughly enjoyed) World skills Live 2019 at the NEC Birmingham. Is there any finer sight…
How do we fulfil the Vision of a thriving #Apprenticeship programme at all levels?
A thriving Apprenticeship programme at all levels: How do we fulfil the Vision of an all age, all level programme (in England)? Dear Editor, In response…
#WSUKLIVE The pursuit of excellence: World Class Accounting Apprenticeships
Accounting is an industry where the UK genuinely leads the world. One of the few where our standards are still being either adopted or copied…
#ResultsDay for the new #EPA Apprenticeship Assessment system
1001 End Point Assessments Three years after the new way of completing an Apprenticeship was launched we are now starting to see significant numbers of…
5 Hot Topics For The Final Year Of Current #Apprenticeship Reform Programme
Hot on the heels of Augar, Ofsted’s updated common inspection framework (CIF) and the long awaited 2019/20 Apprenticeship funding rules the All Party Parliamentary Group on Apprenticeships…
Reading the runes for #Apprenticeships #AELPAnnual19
Given the ongoing political uncertainty it is not a surprise that neither officials nor Ministers were able to lay out clear plans for the future…
#Apprenticeships – Spring data sets, retiring funds and simple solutions
A plethora of Apprenticeship information – but is the way ahead any clearer? This past few weeks there has been a raft of Apprenticeship publications.…
How Apprenticeships Can Evolve to Support an Evolving Economy: An International Perspective
I was recently at the 2019 Innovative Apprenticeship Network conference [INAP] in Germany. It’s a conference held every two years to review some of the…
The Value Vs Costs Conundrum: The Apprenticeships Programme NAO Report
The NAO has updated its report on Apprenticeships in England. Overall it’s finding are not dramatic but it’s long term effects are likely to be…