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IfA to charge assessment organisations for quality assurance

The Institute for Apprenticeships will charge apprenticeship assessment organisations for external quality assurance of new standards – despite Ofqual...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Institute for Apprenticeships silent on learning difficulties and disabilities

The Institute for Apprenticeships has been silent on learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, and that’s simply not good...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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Exclusive

EXCLUSIVE: Institute for Apprenticeships appoints first director

The first permanent employee of the Institute for Apprenticeships has finally been appointed, after ongoing delays and an absence...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Concerns over Institute for Apprenticeships readiness justified

Widespread concerns over whether the Institute for Apprenticeships will be ready to police the brave new world of apprenticeships...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Marsden ‘very disappointed’ as assurances on IfA announcements fail to deliver

Delays to the release of key details about the Institute for Apprenticeships are “very disappointing” evidence of a “haphazard”...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Institute for Apprenticeships questions dodged, says Gordon Marsden

The government’s handling of the new Institute for Apprenticeships has been “shambolic” according to shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden,...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

SFA approve just 13% of apprentice assessment organisation applications

Organisations applying to the government’s new register of apprenticeship assessment organisations are being turned away because their plans for end-point assessment...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson