End-point assessment is a fundamental pillar of the apprenticeship reforms. It is different and high-stakes – but what does it mean for on-programme trainers preparing their apprentices for it? This is the topic of our first ...
Protocol and the Strategic Development Network (SDN) have teamed up to offer a new recruitment, training and deployment service – designed specifically to help address the shortage and growing need for quality, qualified end-point ...
A new grants programme has today been launched for FE and training providers, to explore how students and staff can work together in their understanding and use of technologies for learning. The pilot programme, funded by the Education ...
A major practitioner-led programme is being launched today, investigating the fundamental shift in teaching, learning and assessment in the context of new apprenticeship standards. Funded by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), ...
The learning and skills sector continues to face new reforms, reviews and restructuring. For learning and skills organisations, this brings challenges as well as opportunities. Six months on from our first confidence index, SDN ...
Higher and Degree Apprenticeships has provided the HE sector with an opportunity to grow and expand their offer. For some HEIs however, apprenticeships aren’t always an easy fit with their organisation’s approaches, systems and ...
SDN conducts a regular analysis of apprenticeship standards currently in development, which are published and which have End-Point Assessment Organisations (EPAO) in place (broken down by EPAO type, which standards they are approved ...
The learning and skills sector has been facing change on an unprecedented scale. Almost every area of our industry is experiencing new reforms, reviews and restructuring. In the wake of the general election, we conducted a short ...
Are you planning to get involved in delivering apprenticeship end-point assessment? Do you want to be in a much better position to become a government-approved Apprentice Assessment Organisation (AAO), or develop a consortium. Future ...
A new online course is today being launched to help apprenticeship staff engage and support a diverse range of apprentices (and their employers) right the way through the new apprenticeship standards journey. The two-hour Education and ...
