£200m falling as gently as snow : Levy accounts are now active
Apprenticeship Levy Accounts credited This week sees another mini-milestone in the development of the new Apprenticeship Levy funding system; as Levy paying employers now have…
Richard Marsh
Market disruption – an opportunity to spread the benefits
Apprenticeships for all Last week Tanni Grey-Thompson addressed the Work in Progress conference for ‘welfare to work’ providers. In her powerful address she challenged us…
Aggregated L&D budgets and a new Apprenticeship role
One thing that we are finding a lot when we speak to larger employers is that most do not have one single companywide L &…
Apprenticeships through the hour glass and the cost of change
Quality over quantity Listening carefully to government spokespersons, during National Apprenticeship Week and since; it seems to me that they are not really pushing for…
The final pieces of the new apprenticeship jigsaw fall into place
The new register of levy-providers and a bottomless funding pot This week has seen the publication of the much anticipated list of ‘the training providers…
Richard Marsh discusses the pivotable moment in Apprenticeships
Richard Marsh discusses the pivotable moment in Apprenticeships
Success for all
What does the decline in Apprenticeship success rates actually mean? Preparing to speak at the Ofqual conference this week and reviewing with the recent release…
Awards, Hockey sticks and the end of the Age of Innocence
This Friday was the 13th National Apprenticeship awards, as ever one of the highlights of the Academic year. I have only been to 7 of…
Institute for Apprenticeship pre-launch. A Quango cometh?
This week we have all been invited to comment upon the draft strategic guidance for the new Institute for Apprenticeships. This is a very government…
How might the move to End Point Assessment impact upon Apprenticeships?
Currently only 1% of Apprentices are on the new standards, and are thus being assessed formally at the end of their Apprenticeship. As the SFA…