The Apprenticeship hierarchy – Whose policy line is it anyway?
The recent IFA publication Faster / Better included a useful update on which qualifications can be included in an apprenticeship and why. In essence I…
Richard Marsh
A Brighter Future
Celebrating the best in English Apprenticeships Last week I had the great fortune of attending the 14th National Apprenticeship awards. It is always one of…
UK – OK? UK wide Apprenticeship programmes
How can we help employers create UK wide apprenticeships? Skills devolution is now a fact of life and so it seems futile to try and…
Know What a Win Looks Like – Meaningful Apprenticeship Quality
More than 3m starts, 372 days in learning & 20% off the job Our apprenticeship reforms will support an increase in the quality & quantity…
Apprenticeship Service developments: Refining and expanding the Levy funding system
The latest DfE data shows that there are now over 11,000 employers who have opened their Apprenticeship Service (AS) levy account (end of September ‘17).…
Two steps forward and one step back: or the calm before the storm?
Reacting to the reduction in Apprenticeship starts between May-July 2017 This week the government has published its regular quarterly Apprenticeship data. For the past 5…
Kaplan response: Institute for Apprenticeships draft Quality Statement
Kaplan response: Institute for Apprenticeships draft Quality Statement We have decided to publish our response to this consultation because: we feel that it is important…
Who deserves a £2,000 pound apprenticeship?
Who has lost out in the new Apprenticeship funding system? I was recently reminded that this time last year I wrote an article about the…
The evolving art of setting apprenticeship durations – and the end of OOFs
For a change we have been an employer this week – buying in Degree Apprenticeship training for the shiny new Apprentices that we have hired.…
A new minister has landed….
‘I believe that employers are the future, teach them well and let them lead the way…’ Personally I think that it is a shame that…