Agenda

• Sharing the latest insights in the development of trailblazer-led apprenticeship standards in meeting the skill needs of employers
• Assessing the outcomes of the Institute for Apprenticeship’s ‘faster and better’ initiative to enhance the approval process for new employer-developed apprenticeship standards
• Examining how employers can ensure success in the end to end process of developing new apprenticeship standards
• Analysing how apprenticeship end point assessments and the external quality assurance process can be adapted to meet the needs of providers and employers
• Understanding what effective collaboration looks like between employers and providers

• Evaluating some of the challenges of apprenticeship funding and delivery and how providers and employers can be supported in expanding the scale of apprenticeships
• Assessing how non-levy employers and SME’s can be more effectively engaged in apprenticeship delivery to ensure diversity in provision across sectors and regions
• Understanding how employers can harness the potential of apprenticeships to tackle skill gaps and support long term workforce sustainability
• Analysing findings from providers and employers on the 20% off the job training component and considering how the quality of training provision can be enhanced to support skill development

• Assessing the progress of the apprenticeship reforms in growing the number of quality apprenticeships, and reflecting on how apprenticeship uptake can be expanded further up to and beyond 2020
• Analysing the role of apprenticeships in expanding social mobility and enhancing skill development to meet the evolving needs of employers
• Collaborating with employers and providers to expand capacity and review how the Apprenticeship Levy and wider reforms are able to meet the needs of different sectors and regions
• Outlining the government’s new package of up to £450m to expand the ability for levy paying employers to transfer their levy funds to other employers, to support investment in training

• Assessing how Ofqual monitor and regulate the design and delivery of end point assessments across apprenticeship programmes
• Evaluating Ofqual’s external quality assurance role in collaboration with trailblazers and providers
• Ensuring successful compliance with the end point assessment rules and guidance
• Sharing findings from Ofqual’s technical evaluation of end point assessments to ensure assessment plans meet the needs of employers
• Auditing how end point assessment organisers are mitigating risks around the capacity and capability of EPA assessors

• Assessing the evolving role of Ofsted inspections and oversight of providers in the transition from apprenticeship frameworks to apprenticeship standards by 2020
• Sharing how providers can ensure effective development of knowledge, skills and behaviours within apprenticeship programmes
• Evaluating how Ofsted expect achievement and progression to be measured and demonstrated by providers
• Understanding the key criteria in delivering an outstanding ‘off the job’ training component as part of an apprenticeship scheme

• Assessing the role of the Office for Students as the new HE regulator with interest in all registered HE providers, including apprenticeships
• A high level summary of the quality assurance approach for registered providers and apprenticeships specifically
• Exploring learning from the Degree Apprenticeships Development Fund (DADF) and early degree apprenticeships take up
• Evaluating how Degree Apprenticeships feature within the Office for Student’s strategic aims

• Sharing the latest ESFA insights on promoting apprenticeships, expanding provision and ensuring successful engagement of young people in apprenticeship career paths
• Discussing the transition to the apprenticeship service for employers and the future of apprenticeship funding post 2020
• Identifying gaps in the provider markets and assessing how employer-led standards can be expanded further
• Assessing the latest updates in the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding and the impact on apprenticeship delivery
• Outlining findings from the review of the Apprenticeship Levy and how the role of apprenticeships can be enhanced within the post-2020 skills landscape

Hear from award winning apprenticeship providers and employers as they share their experiences and guidance in developing high quality apprenticeship programmes

• Sharing lessons and solutions in the transition from apprenticeship frameworks to apprenticeship standards
• Assessing how apprenticeship vacancies can be promoted to support long term recruitment to a scheme
• Evaluating the funding band landscape for apprenticeship delivery and how providers can attract funding from employers
• Understanding how providers can ensure training, content delivery and the formulation of a course meets the needs of employers

*Please note that the final part of the Conference will split into bespoke breakout streams for Providers and Employers*

*programme subject to change