Midwife (2019 NMC standards) (degree)
KSBs Knowledge K1: Relevant legal, regulatory, and governance requirements, policies, and ethical frameworks including any mandatory reporting duties and differentiations between the devolved legislatures of…
The Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education (IFATE)
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is an employer led organisation that supports technical education and apprenticeships in the United Kingdom, through qualifications such as T Levels. It is funded by the Department for Education of the Government of the United Kingdom
Quality Alliance
Purpose The purpose of the Quality Alliance is to allow collaboration between bodies with responsibilities for aspects of quality of apprenticeships and the apprenticeship system, building effective…
Stakeholder Reference Panel
Overview The purpose of the Stakeholder Reference Panel is to help the Institute access a broad range of views and expertise about the impact of its work on apprenticeship quality and…
What it means for trailblazers
Trailblazer groups will continue to provide the employer voice in the apprenticeship system. Following the two year transition period, Ofqual or, for integrated degrees the…
What it means for higher education institutions providers
For integrated degree apprenticeships We anticipate that HEI providers delivering integrated higher and degree apprenticeships should experience minimal disruption to existing practice. For non-integrated degree…
What it means for external quality assurance providers
In year one we will be transferring standards where the external quality assurance (EQA) is currently provided by the Institute. Therefore existing EQA providers will…
What it means for end-point assessment organisations
Overview By the time that standards are transferred to Ofqual, all organisations wishing to deliver end-point assessment (EPA) will need to be recognised by Ofqual.…
Overview of external quality assurance transition
End-point assessment (EPA) is fundamental to recent reforms of apprenticeships. It provides a complete, independent assessment that shows an apprentice is occupationally competent. Assessment must…
External quality assurance transition
The transfer of EQA to Ofqual and the OfS (for integrated degrees) means that there will be changes for EPAOs and existing EQAPs. There will…
Developing a new and more transparent apprenticeship funding model
Testing out the #apprenticeship funding model @IfATechEd Anna West, deputy director for approvals and funding at the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (the Institute),…