Agenda

Evaluating the ongoing challenges of apprenticeship funding and how to ensure sustainable funding that supports the needs of employers and learning providers

• Sharing the success of the new ‘Good to Great’ programme which has supported good providers in becoming great across five core areas of operation
• Understanding how to meet employer demand for apprenticeships despite non-levy funding allocation falling short of needs
• Exploring the AELPs 10 point sustainable investment plan to help increase the impact apprenticeships and skills training has on workforce productivity and social mobility

• Sharing insights on ESFA’s policy on apprenticeships funding, the Apprenticeship Levy and the future funding landscape
• Outlining the latest funding rules in the transition to the apprenticeship service for employers and updates on the funding system and apprenticeship levy for training and assessing apprentices
• Assessing the different funding rules and regulations which apply to employers, providers and employer-providers
• Exploring how the ESFA works in engaging employers and employer groups through the National Apprenticeships Service to increase participation in apprenticeships

• Sharing findings from the CBI’s report ‘Getting Apprenticeships Rights: Next Steps’
• Exploring how to meet the needs of employers by delivering apprenticeships which support better quality technical qualifications to support new routes and progression in the workplace
• Outlining the need for a second phase of apprenticeship reform which should include a fundamental review of the apprenticeship levy
• Ensuring the delivery of 4 key priorities: improving quality provision, ensuring an efficient standards development process, ensuring transparency in funding decisions and assuming responsibility for T-Levels

• Exploring the progress in the development of trailblazers and apprenticeships standards approval across the sector
• Assessing the outcomes from the Institute’s consultation into External Quality Assurance reforms for end point assessments
• Examining the impact of Covid-19 on the funding, assessment and delivery of apprenticeship programmes and how the sector can lead recovery

• Outlining how Ofqual regulate and monitor the delivery of End Points Assessments through the life of the assessment
• Discussing the role of Ofqual working in collaboration with trailblazers and providers to ensure they get what they want and expect from the assessments
• Using lessons learned from the regulation of End Point Assessments to inform our regulatory strategy
• Ensuring successful compliance with the end points assessment rules and guidance

• Sharing the findings of the Learning and Work Institutes recent report ‘Bridging the Gap: next steps for the apprenticeship levy’
• Assessing the underlying flaws of the apprenticeship levy and how to prevent the over-spend of the levy in the future
• Tackling the growing funding gap to ensure sufficient funding for employers and opportunities for young people
• Exploring what changes need to be implemented in order to meet the government’s target of 3 million apprenticeships by 2020

• Sharing practical insights for selecting the best providers to support the delivery of your apprenticeship
• Outlining strategies for developing effective and long-lasting relationships with providers
• Discussing the role of employers within the partnership and what their expectations should be and the type of support they should expect
• Understanding the process of selecting a training provider and deciding on the cost and funding arrangements

• Outlining how to design and deliver a higher quality apprenticeships programme, the challenges faced, lessons learnt, and solutions implemented
• Exploring how providers can ensure training, content delivery and the formulation of a course meets the needs of employers
• Understanding how to effectively support apprentices throughout their apprenticeship to ensure high quality mentoring, progress analysis and assessment

• Understanding how to ensure you are providing off-the-job training in a compliant way in line with funding agreements
• Sharing strategies for meeting the 20% off the job training requirement and how to work in partnership with employers to deliver this
• Using off-the-job training to develop new knowledge, skills and behaviours of apprentices linked to their vocational occupation

*Programme subject to change

• Sharing insights on developing an outstanding apprenticeship programme the challenges faced and strategies used
• Recruiting apprentices to create a diverse workforce which drives innovation and future thinking
• Successfully employing 700 apprentices in 2019, a 30% increase on the previous year across 5 different degree level apprenticeships
• Investing in talent to meet customers expectations and create a workforce for the future
• Offering over 25 award-winning apprenticeships programmes in order to develop skill capabilities and create leaders for the future

• Sharing how to successfully propose, build, submit and launch a new apprenticeship standard as a trailblazer
• Designing end point assessments which meet the Institute for Apprenticeships criteria
• Understanding how to form a trailblazer group which is genuinely inclusive and independent
• Learning how to effectively market apprenticeship standards once they are approved for delivery in order to attract and employ apprentices

*Programme subject to change