Here at the Apprenticeship Service we are committed to providing the best service possible for our users, and it’s always useful to hear how the apprenticeships we support change lives in the real world. This week we hear from Apprenticeship …
For this blog we are handing over to our colleague Joe Billington, director of the National Careers Service (NCS) on how, just like the apprenticeship service, the NCS has adopted a digital first approach. The mission statement for the National …
How many times have you started a task only to realise you don’t have the equipment or information you need? It’s a frustrating experience. We don’t want anyone who needs to set up an apprenticeship service account to feel this …
Delivery Manager Andrew Howe on how replica environments support rollout confidence and protect user experience Talk of “top-secret replicas” and people would be forgiven for thinking of sinister sci-fi clones … but exactly the opposite is true within the apprenticeship …
My name is Ben and I’m a user researcher working on the apprenticeship service. The apprenticeship service research team were recently given the opportunity to attend this year’s large employer roadshows (LERs). The roadshows are a chance for employers to …
Chinara Rustamova, from the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) on how levy businesses could start a transfer conversation. As the year draws to an end, business leaders will be thinking of the coming 12 months. Research shows that one of …
We want to find out how well apprenticeships are working for apprentices. Industry moves fast and we want to make sure apprenticeships move with the times, and remain relevant and effective. But how? We’re starting by getting real-time feedback from apprentices …
From November 2018, levy paying employers with an apprenticeship service account will notice a new “Recruitment” link on their account home page. This new link will give the employer direct access to the Recruit an apprentice tool, enabling them to …
Product owner Paul Kelman tells us about a new apprenticeship feedback service designed to help employers share views on training providers. We’re developing an exciting new feature so that users can give feedback on aspects of their apprenticeship programmes. Initially …
The public sector apprenticeship reporting deadline is fast approaching, so please submit your report before 30 September.
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