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Last updated May 29, 2024

What do successful apprenticeship outcomes look like for employers?

The majority of employers see apprenticeship completion as important, valuing the improved skills and experience it...

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Last updated May 23, 2024

The employer perspective: Opportunities and barriers to apprenticeship completion

An effective two-way relationship between training providers and employers is crucial for supporting learners at ea...

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Last updated May 16, 2024

How to improve learner retention and raise achievement rates

Poor learner retention and low achievement rates are long-standing issues in the apprenticeship sector. What can tr...

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Last updated May 10, 2024

Is the government’s 67% achievement rate target feasible?

In 2022, the government set a stretching ambition to reach a 67% achievement rate on apprenticeship standards by 20...

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Last updated May 1, 2024

Want to scale learner numbers successfully? Don’t make growth your goal

Any successful business ultimately sets its sights on growth. As a training provider, you’ll naturally want to supp...

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Last updated April 26, 2024

How training providers can improve accessibility for neurodivergent learners

It’s estimated that one in seven people (more than 15% of the UK’s population) are neurodivergent. To give all lear...

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Last updated April 24, 2024

What are investors looking for in training providers?

As an apprenticeship and vocational training provider, it can make a lot of sense to explore the idea of external i...

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Last updated April 15, 2024

How to create a high-quality educational experience

As Ofsted has said in the past the most important factors in determining whether apprentices complete their program...

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Last updated March 27, 2024

Four ways to reduce costs with a training management platform this year

Reducing costs is an ongoing priority for training providers. We look at how adopting a training management platfor...

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Last updated March 12, 2024

Preparing for Ofsted: Why providers need to be assertive about progress and destination

Progress and destination are important for Ofsted, but can be complicated to show in apprenticeships. Richard Moore...

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