Making the Apprenticeship #Levy More Palatable – A Way Forward for the Secretary of State @GavinWilliamson
Near the top of the new Secretary of State’s in tray will be the options for making the Apprenticeship levy more palatable for employers and…
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In the Dark on #TLevels : #HE Wants a Long-term Commitment to the Applied General
UVAC was established 20 years ago by the HE sector to champion higher-level vocational learning. Today we have 93 HEI members that support our agenda.…
Is there a Solution to the Forecast Overspend of the #Apprenticeship Levy Pot?
Government needs to face facts – the £2.45bn raised through the Apprenticeship levy was never going to fund the delivery of the Apprenticeships everyone wants.…
Skills Devolution – Dividing Opinion or Delivering Opportunity?
The national landscapes of policy and practice in the realms of further education, higher education and skills have become especially volatile, uncertain and complex spaces…
Why Augar is Wrong: Making Sense of #Apprenticeship Quality Assurance
There’s no denying that when looking at Apprenticeship quality assurance the alphabet soup of organisations involved is confusing. Level 2 and 3: For quality oversight…
The #Apprenticeship Levy – if rationing is to be introduced, let’s get it right
There has been recent scrutiny about the forecasted overspend of the levy. UVAC has been predicting this for some time and now the Institute (IfATE)…
Why the Arguments against Management Apprenticeships Don’t Hold Water
Read many articles in the FE press or talk to FE sector leaders and you will soon get the impression that management apprenticeships are a…
#Apprenticeships – Ofsted Inspection or OfS and QAA Review?
We’ve had a lot of discussion recently about Apprenticeship quality assurance gaps, inconsistent approaches and the way forward. I’d like to contrast the Ofsted and…
Degree Apprenticeships – Doesn’t @IFAteched realise Apprenticeship needs its Flagship Programme?
England has a reputation for having great ideas and then failing to implement them effectively – I think we may be failing in this way…
The Apprenticeship Levy – Will Employers be Short Changed?
Look back on the Government’s announcement in 2015 to introduce the apprenticeship levy and the key justification for this was that employers weren’t investing enough…