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Why in a time when change is constant is it so important to create stability for our users?

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Why in a time when change is constant is it so important to create stability for our users?

Making accurate payments to providers and employers is a key aim of the Apprenticeship Service and a key user need to address. Gary Tucker, Deputy Director at the Apprenticeship Service, talks about how the Service has created very accurate payments and built a capability to ensure apprentices are given the opportunities they deserve.

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Countdown to frameworks withdrawal – find out more about apprenticeship standards in our webinar

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webinar is on 31 July 2019

31 July 2019 marks one year to go until all remaining apprenticeship frameworks are withdrawn. From 1 August 2020 all new apprenticeship starts will be on the high-quality, reformed apprenticeship standards. Find out more from Annabel Basford .

National Careers Service - a day in the life of a product owner

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A National careers service colleague talking to an attendee at The skills show in the NEC

Val Hubbard is a lead product owner for the National Careers Service – she’s part of the live service which is focused on developing digital services for customers and front-line staff. Val tells us what it’s like working at the …

Clearer quality assurance for apprenticeship assessments

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Alex Morris, Head of Apprenticeship Quality Assurance at the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education (the Institute), talks about a new framework for assuring the quality of apprenticeship assessments. We at the Institute know that end-point assessment is of huge …

Happy Father’s Day: a former apprentice tells us how his dad inspired him

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This month we will be celebrating our dads everywhere as part of Father’s Day on 16 June. Niall Geraghty is an Apprenticeship Operations Advisor for the Apprenticeship Service and tells us how his dad inspired him

Setting new standards for apprenticeships

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There are less than 18 months until apprenticeship frameworks will be withdrawn. After July 31 2020, all new apprentice starts will be on high-quality standards (although those who have started a framework by this point will be able to finish …

Don’t leave it until September – use our improved public sector apprenticeship reporting tool now

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‘Never put off until tomorrow, what you can do today,’ said grandmothers everywhere. Here at the apprenticeship service our grandmothers would be proud of us because our new revised public sector reporting tool allows organisations to submit their report a …

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