Author Archives: Gill Ferrell

Higher and degree apprenticeships project: think tank outcomes

We held a Think Tank event in Manchester on 14 November 2017 to inform the research for this project. The event was attended by 21 participants from 17 different organisations (mainly universities but with government and professional bodies also represented). Discussions were conducted under the Chatham House rule and the following is a summary of … Read more

Higher and degree apprenticeships project

Helping further and higher education providers deliver apprenticeship standards using digital technologies What we’re doing We are working with the sector to: understand the requirements and where they present challenges identify and disseminate existing good practice find solutions to common issues The progress so far section of this page will be updated with the outcomes … Read more

The apprenticeship life cycle: what are the pain points?

  We asked the FE and Skills Coalition group this question at their October meeting and got some interesting replies. A range of participants representing many types of training providers, awarding organisations and other professional bodies sketched out their own views of the lifecycle and highlighted key pain points. We will be consulting further on … Read more