Apprenticeships: The BIG Changes
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Apprenticeships: The BIG Changes
- 1. Want to learn more about partnering with us? See our company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pathwaygroup Apprenticeships BIG CHANGES And The Things That Make Me Worry… Safaraz Ali @Safaraz Ali
- 2. Want to learn more about partnering with us? See our company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pathwaygroup SFA Contract Management • Delays in, & rejections of, priority growth requests • Confusion about priorities • Find a sub-contract? • Hope for the best? • Profiling by “averages” • Restrictions to AGE grants • Contract year vs. Financial year • Uncertainty is normal – but this is exceptional so who do you talk to?
- 3. Want to learn more about partnering with us? See our company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pathwaygroup Helping Employers • We are most employers’ connection with apprenticeships • What can we tell them: • Levy? • Trailblazers vs. SASE Frameworks? • AGE grants? • Funding availability? There is still some uncertainty
- 4. Want to learn more about partnering with us? See our company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pathwaygroup Apprenticeships – The Only Game In Town • Ill-prepared entrants to the market • Ofsted say standards lowered in latest inspections • Government misunderstanding data (and the programmes) • Apprenticeship specialists still doing well • Too much emphasis on apprenticeships misses the point
- 5. Want to learn more about partnering with us? See our company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pathwaygroup Forgetting Why We Are Here • Upskill the workforce • Better opportunities for individuals • Improved employer efficiency • Improve the UK economy How are we to get on with the task in hand with so many distractions and so much uncertainty?
- 6. Want to learn more about partnering with us? See our company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pathwaygroup Lets think about it? • Be careful what you wish for • Hidden wiring for employers • Ofsted, Financial Audits, matrix, recruitment, prevent, safeguarding • Doom and Gloom • Uncertainty, change opportunities. • Is there a life for a Prime in the apprenticeship arena • All fishing in the same pool • Lean and Agile meaning avoid or prevent being over focused/subscribed in one funding area. • Other option ESIF , UKES, (Walter Smith)
- 7. Want to learn more about partnering with us? See our company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pathwaygroup 3 million target – is this realistic • Standing on your head- huge changes in Apprenticeship funding • Do we have the resources • Ofsted/Quality • Private training providers administration/liquidation cash/revenue problems • Public sector 4.2 % • is this realistic year on year
- 8. Want to learn more about partnering with us? See our company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pathwaygroup Other Things to Consider • Government and EU to consider • Referendum June 2016 and it's ramifications. • Age UK - Grade 4 • Will be back in 2017/2018 • VAT on Training • Not an even playing field for Training Providers versus colleges • College Mergers and Consolidation