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Highlights from Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2021

The seventh Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) was like none before – literally – as we swapped the two-day in-person event at Birmingham’s ICC for a five-day virtual conference due to Covid-19. Despite putting a stop to face-to-face events, the pandemic did not falter the occasion. Across the week, the conference had over 1,500 apprenticeship employers […]

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Digital degree apprenticeship review outcome kicked into long grass

A decision on whether one of England’s most popular apprenticeships can keep its degree element has been kicked into the long grass. The level 6 digital technology solutions professional integrated degree standard is set for change under the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s route review process. A revised version of the apprenticeship was supposed […]

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Focus: Do employers set the bar too high for entry criteria to apprenticeships?

Employers are allowed to set their own entry criteria for apprenticeships, even though officially, no formal qualifications are needed. When is the bar being set too high? asks Jess Staufenberg The government has two favourite phrases for its ambitions in further education, and for apprenticeships in particular.   The first is ‘employer-led’. The term, bandied […]

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AAC | Deep Dive Debates: Levy, Green Skills, EPAO, Standards and Learning Technology

During this year’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference, sector leaders and experts came together for a daily roundtable discussion about an area of apprenticeship policy. AAC’s Deep Dive Debates were held in partnership with key conference partners and made available to view for free (see below). Across the Conference week five debates were staged: Is the levy […]

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WATCH: Debate on why diversity and inclusion is critical for the future success of UK businesses

This morning on the last day of FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference a panel debated the “inclusion revolution” and why diversity and inclusion is critical for the future success of UK businesses. Watch the session, which featured comedian and ‘the guilty feminist’ podcaster Deobrah Frances-White, below. Debate title: The inclusion revolution | Why diversity and […]

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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 351

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Lisa Wilson, Group director of apprenticeships and employer services, Nottingham College Start date: March 2021 Previous job: Director of apprenticeships, RNN Group Interesting fact: She has run the Manchester half marathon and taken part in a number of ‘Tough Mudders’ Chris Malish, Principal, Hull College Start […]

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Does Labour employ any apprentices?

The shadow education secretary has refused to reveal if the Labour Party employs even one apprentice. At FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference shadow education secretary Kate Green was quizzed on how many apprentices work for the political party, which often criticises central government for not employing enough of the learners. But while admitting it was […]

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Revealed: Thousands of level 5 management apprentices dropped-out last year

Thousands of apprentices on a new level 5 management programme have already dropped out of the course, official figures have revealed. The operations or departmental manager standard had a retention rate of just 53.5 per cent last year for 4,250 “leavers”. That means 1,980 apprentices – 47 per cent – who were due to finish […]

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Plans to limit apprenticeship providers by sectors move forward

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has moved a step closer to limiting apprenticeship providers’ delivery to the sectors they have experience in. Under new conditions published last week for the refreshed register of apprenticeship training providers, providers must prove their “experience of managing and delivering training to learners and are established within the sectors […]

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