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Happy Christmas! 🎄 As a reminder to our valued customers, while many in our team will be taking a short break, our regular support service will be available until 5pm on Tuesday 24 December and will resume at 9am on Thursday 2 January. A reduced support service will be in operation on 27, 30, and 31 December, from 9am to 5.30pm, and will be available via our usual support ticket system, email and phone support channels. We look forward to a year ahead filled with exciting developments, events, and collaborations. ✨ We wish you a peaceful and joyful festive season with your family and loved ones. ✨

📢 New workshop sessions announced 📢   We're excited to bring you three industry expert-led workshops at our aSpire Customer Conference on 15 May. Don't miss the opportunity to explore:   👉 Funding with David Lockhart-Hawkins - Navigate the ever-changing funding rules with confidence, avoiding pitfalls and ensuring compliance. 👉 Quality with Kerry Boffey - Understand how to prepare for 2025 Ofsted inspections, including data, evidence, and the new framework. 👉 Curriculum with Chris Cherry - Develop impactful, future-ready learning plans tailored to the demands of the digital age.   These workshops are tailored to equip professionals with valuable insights, industry expertise, and the latest updates to drive success in three challenging areas.   ⌛Early bird offer ends on 1 February! Secure your spot today: https://lnkd.in/e3MTGGHH   #aSpire2025 #Apprenticeships #HigherEducation

The Cattel-Horn-Carrol (CHC) model offers an explanation of how different cognitive abilities relate to each other, why people differ across the various abilities, and, importantly, how these relate to academic achievement. It is the underpinning model of human cognitive ability used by educational and school psychologists to identify learning disabilities and difficulties. 👉 Read more in our latest article from Mark Abrahams, CPsychol AFBPsS, 'The science of testing for learning difficulties': https://lnkd.in/eRYVgwfB #CognitiveAssessment #ALS #EdTech

The early adopter trial for the marking aid from Aptem Enhance is underway. Here's a preview of the tutor’s journey, currently being tested by a select group of our Enterprise customers. Marking aid is one of the upcoming features from Aptem Enhance, designed to replace high-effort, administrative tasks and drive quality outcomes and developed in partnership with Graide - AI Powered Assessment Platform. The marking aid can save time and improve the quality and consistency of tutors’ responses. It also allows for inline feedback, improving the focus and teaching value of any comments provided on exercises. You can learn more about marking aid at the upcoming webinar on 25 February. In this webinar, our product team will give you a closer look at the features and benefits of the marking aid with feedback assistant and preview an upcoming feature - review summarisation. During the webinar, Emily Bowler, Head of MIS, Funding and Compliance at BMS Progress will be sharing their experience of the Aptem Enhance features, including marking aid, and participation in our early adopter and beta trials. You’ll also have a chance to ask questions of our expert panel. Sign up today to secure your place: https://lnkd.in/eb7vZu_6

🎤 We are thrilled to introduce the first incredible line-up of speakers for our aSpire Customer Conference this May 🎤    Join Dr Mandy Crawford-Lee FRSA, Rt Hon Robert Halfon, Karen Kelly and Ben Rowland as they take the stage with Aptem CEO and chair Richard Alberg in our keynote panel session on 'the evolving skills landscape'. They will explore the latest announcements, potential Levy changes, policy discussions on funded skills programmes, and barriers to uptake. Attendees will gain valuable insights to help their institutions strategically adapt to these evolving changes.    🗓️ Event Date: 15 May 2025 📍 Location: The Grand Hotel, Birmingham To see the latest full agenda please visit - https://lnkd.in/e3MTGGHH   Contact your Customer Success Manager now to secure your spot 📩   #aSpire2025 #apprenticeships #highereducation

Don't miss your opportunity to enter! The submission deadline for The Apprenticeship Guide Awards 2025 is this Friday. As the headline sponsor, we are proud to support this incredible event, which celebrates outstanding employers and training providers dedicated to fostering apprentices' growth. Here are the other key dates to remember: 🗓 Shortlist announcement: National Apprenticeship Week, 10-16 February 2025 🗓 Awards ceremony: 1 May 2025 You can find more information and the entry criteria questions for each award, here: https://lnkd.in/ew3E-mjk If you have a story to share, you can register to enter the Apprenticeship Guide Awards 2025 here: https://lnkd.in/eW5xTGyy We wish you the very best of luck.

Informed by Aptem's analysis on the link between functional skills and apprenticeship completions, this important AELP report reveals a significant challenge: only 1 in 4 apprenticeship vacancies are available to those without GCSE Maths and English qualifications. This finding serves as a critical reminder of the work needed to ensure apprenticeships are truly accessible.    Read the 'AELP Mini Commission Functional Skills Qualifications' report here: https://lnkd.in/eW7SZKQr   Read Aptem's article, 'Functional skills modules have a negative impact on apprenticeship completion rates' here: https://lnkd.in/euT7SQik

As Christmas approaches, we’re already looking ahead to an exciting 2025, including the addition of the latest of our AI features in Aptem Enhance, review summarisation. Join us on Tuesday 25 February on our webinar when we will launch this new feature and revisit the highlights of Aptem Enhance so far. We are delighted to announce that we will be joined on the webinar by Emily Bowler, Head of MIS, Funding and Compliance at BMS Progress. Emily will be sharing her organisation’s experience as an early adopter of Aptem Enhance features and provide some insight into the impact that these AI-powered tools have had on the organisation. Sign up to secure your place for the webinar today: https://lnkd.in/eE6anVeM

How does Aptem drive better learner outcomes?   We recently sat down with Paul Fellows, Apprenticeship Manager at Marston's PLC to explore how the company works with Lifetime, using Aptem Apprentice to offer their apprentices with a high-quality experience.   Thanks to greater visibility into learner progress, they’ve achieved the following incredible outcomes:    📉 Reduced learners going past their Planned End Date (PED) from 26 to just 8 in one year. That’s an impressive 70% reduction! 💰 Delivered over £100,000 in savings.   To learn more about their experience and how Aptem made it possible you can watch the full video here 👉 https://lnkd.in/epH7pJKi   💡Curious about how we can help your organisation achieve similar results? We’d love to show you our platform - https://lnkd.in/emrrhHag

Our latest analysis of ESFA apprenticeship reporting data is now available on the Aptem website. This summarises key market trends and shares insights from August 2023 to July 2024 against the same period in recent years. Some notable trends include: • Overall starts were 339,582, a slight increase of 0.7% from the same period last year. • The number of starts on degree level apprenticeships (Levels 6 and 7) was 14.8% of the total, compared to 13.9% last year. • The percentage of Level 2 starts has dropped from 22.6% last year to 20.9%. This infographic has been produced using the Aptem Intelligence Dashboard (AID), a user-friendly tool that enables apprenticeship providers to unlock the potential of ESFA reporting data. Overall, AID enables you to see the apprenticeships market at a glance - through the lens of a provider, programme, region and level. Check out the Aptem Intelligence Dashboard and download your copy of the infographic here: https://lnkd.in/dHdbnK5