5 things that we learned this week … (about Apprenticeships in 2017)
A few changes, some concessions and lots of welcome detail (NB this is a bit of a ‘provider to provider’ article). So we now…
Richard Marsh
6th Meeting of the EU Alliance for Apprenticeships: Brussels
Jean-Claude Juncker Commission President. State of the union address. 14 September 2016 “.. And, more than anything, we need to invest in our young people.…
Who deserves a £1,000 Apprenticeship?
A response to the new apprenticeship funding proposals consultation With any funding changes there will inevitably be ‘winners’ and ‘losers’. If we are past the…
At last, an Apprenticeship funding system
So, after a short delay, we have had the publication of the post Levy funding details. Labelled as ‘Funding changes’ I think the government has…
The last year of normal
So we have survived another Academic year. At the end of this month Academic Year (AY) 2015/16 will finish and AY 2016/17 will begin. Amongst…
Apprenticesization
With the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy now no further away than a human gestation, the conversations about its impact are sharpening. One theme that…
National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) 2016: What was our focus?
National Apprenticeship Week has become an established part of the FE annual cycle. It stimulates nationwide debates about skills and Apprenticeships; similar to the way…
Capita’s Richard Marsh discusses Trailblazers
Richard Marsh from Capita Talent Partnerships chats about Trailblazers at the Apprenticeships 4 England conference. Trailblazers have been in existence for 18 months, and many…
Richard Marsh, NAS, discusses record Apprenticeship numbers
Richard Marsh, director of employer services at the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) discusses the record number of Apprentices. The NAS now has 300,000 Apprentices, and Mr…