#FireItUp Don’t Shoot It Down: Don’t Stop Investing In The Green Shoots Of #Apprenticeships
In the early 2000’s I spent a few years working for Volkswagen. It was probably the most enlightening period of my career. I learned a lot…
Richard Marsh
Apprenticeship funding for non-levy payers (in England): Is the solution 1990…?
One of the last unresolved areas policy areas within the current Apprenticeship reform is that of long-term funding for non-Levy payers (SMEs for short hand).…
Apprenticeship Economics: A new public-private education investment partnership
The latest DfE Apprenticeship stats show that over 15,000 employers have now activated their Apprenticeship levy; that’s c75% of levy payers. Understandably it those with the largest levies…
There’s a hole in my bucket… Continuing Apprenticeship reforms
Last week in Birmingham a new package of Levy reforms were announced…. Was it the end of the Severn bridge ’hard’ funding border? X Was…
Apprenticeships: How will cutting rates improve quality?
Fully realising the benefits of apprenticeships The macro benefit of apprenticeships is that they deliver the best match between the supply and demand for skills.…
A Year of Tipping Points for Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships – what’s new for 2018/19? I can remember Association of Learning Providers conferences with an audience of 200 people; last week we had an…
Funding bands on the run…
Latest guidance on Apprenticeships published, but who should decide the cost of an Apprenticeship? Just over 12 months ago Apprenticeship funding moved from a system…
The first year of the apprenticeship levy – a balanced and constructive assessment
Richard Marsh gives his balanced and constructive response to the recent report from think tank Reform, “The Great Training Robbery: assessing the first year of the apprenticeship…
Are we nearly there yet? Apprenticeship reforms at the half way stage
One year since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy and we are roughly half-way through the implementation phase of the current apprenticeship reforms. So how’s…
Apprenticeship levy funding transfer
Making the most of the evolving DAS system in England. The ESFA have recently confirmed plans to introduce enhancements to the Digital Account System from ‘April’ 2018.…