Quality assurance and improvement (QA/I) is a vital part of any apprenticeship provider’s work. It makes sure that the training and assessment delivered to apprentices meets the required standards and outcomes. But quality is not ...
Commissioned by Department for Education, SDN is delivering a part of the Provider Support Programme alongside the Association of Colleges. Employer engagement lies at the heart of T-Level delivery. It involves active collaboration ...
If you’re an end-point assessor, a coach, trainer, mentor or on-programme assessor, you know how important it is to plan and facilitate professional discussions with your apprentices. Professional discussions are a great way to ...
David Lockhart-Hawkins is SDN’s compliance specialist, having worked with hundreds of apprenticeship providers to develop robust approaches to funding, compliance and quality. Here, David shares his top compliance insights from ...
End-point assessment (EPA) is high stakes. Although EPA has become an embedded part of our apprenticeship system, understanding the impact of EPA on the apprentice’s learning journey and what contributes to their success is an ...
SDN is expanding! We’re a team of leading specialists in apprenticeships, technical education and workforce development. We work for training and education organisations, employers and government, providing industry-leading ...
We’ll be at the UVAC National Conference 2023! Thursday 30th November The UVAC Conference is the perfect place to learn, connect, and grow. Take a look at the full conference programme here, it features a range of informative ...
SDN and Aptem recently teamed up to produce a joint white paper on how independent training providers (ITPs) and others are adapting their strategy, funding streams and priorities to survive and thrive in the current market. We ...
David Lockhart-Hawkins is SDN’s compliance specialist, having worked with hundreds of apprenticeship providers to develop robust approaches to funding, compliance and quality. Here, David shares his top compliance insights from ...
Apprenticeship providers generally use the maximum funding band to set their apprenticeship price to employers, then assign costs to the five eligible cost categories: initial assessment; off-the-job training; materials and ...
