Festive well-wishes from our Chief Executive, Jennifer Coupland 🎄⬇️ As we enter the festive period, I want to take the opportunity to thank you personally for engaging with IfATE’s work throughout 2024. Whether you are a trailblazer, route panel member, apprentice, employer, provider, awarding body or an engaged stakeholder with an interest in apprenticeships and technical education, your hard work and enthusiasm for building a skills system to be proud of is hugely appreciated by all of us. I do hope that you will take time to rest and celebrate over the festive break before we resume work in the New Year. With best wishes for a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and a successful New Year, From Jennifer Coupland, Chief Executive of IfATE, and everyone at IfATE. Learn more about IfATE: https://orlo.uk/jn1wX
IfATE (Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education)
Education Administration Programs
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We are the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, known as IfATE, we work with employers to shape skills training in England, for the future of the workforce. IfATE was created in 2017 as an arm’s length body of the Department for Education (DfE). Thousands of employers help us to create and maintain over 600 occupational standards. These sit at the heart of the English skills system. By working with us, employers can shape apprenticeships, T Levels and higher technical qualifications. This helps to keep them up-to-date and valuable for learners. Here you will find out more about the work that we do, the impact it has and how you can get involved.
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Exciting news! We’ve launched our new orthoptist apprenticeship 👀 For the first time, aspiring orthoptists – specialists who diagnose and treat vision and eye movement disorders – can now train through paid apprenticeships in their local NHS hospitals. ‘This alternative quality route will open out opportunities to people from all backgrounds to enter what is an incredibly important profession.’ – Jennifer Coupland, Chief Executive of IfATE. See the full story: https://orlo.uk/MBjoc
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Great news! UCAS has announced that apprenticeships will be allocated UCAS Tariff points from next year 🥳 Our Chief Executive, Jennifer Coupland, welcomed the news: “I’m delighted that UCAS has taken this important step, as apprentices who work hard to meet rigorous industry standards should be able to progress easily to university if that's what they want. Apprenticeships are already recognised by prestigious employers and professional bodies. Getting recognition from universities completes the hat-trick. Apprenticeships are different to academic routes but they are now equally great” Read more in UCAS's press release below 👇
At UCAS, we're committed to ensuring students are aware of all the pathways available into higher education. 📢Today, we’re pleased to announce that apprenticeships will be allocated UCAS Tariff points from next year. This forms part of UCAS’ broader aim to support students take their next steps and support a diverse range of progression routes into university or college. 💭Over 200 written responses were submitted during a four-week consultation earlier this year on UCAS’ proposed model, which was developed following widespread engagement with the sector. Read about our announcement: https://lnkd.in/ehFY8GtC You can read the summary of responses to the consultation and FAQs on the new Apprenticeship Tariff here: https://lnkd.in/eFe7JGbk
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Last week, IfATE colleagues and our digital route panel chair, Tom Morgan, were delighted to join our apprentice panel member James Stephenson at BT Group for the day. Read all about it 👇
Apprentice Panel Member @ IfATE | Apprentice Ambassador @ DfE | L6 Digital Technologies Solutions Apprentice (Network Engineering) & Early Careers Ambassador @ BT
🌟 This week has been full of incredible opportunities to present and share insights on apprenticeships at BT Group! 🎤 First up, we had the absolutely pleasure of welcoming IfATE (Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education) to BT Group in Manchester for a partner session. It was fantastic to showcase the amazing apprenticeships we’re running in Customer Solutions & Design (C&SD), with a spotlight on Cheri Boucher brilliant work in Keith Martin's organisation alongside the broader scope of BT Group initiatives. 🎓 We also heard an inspiring presentation from Robin Oldham at University of Staffordshire Apprenticeships. Robin highlighted the University’s pivotal role in shaping apprentices’ journeys. It was incredible to see how the course structure not only delivers a great computing degree but also reinforces holistic development beyond the apprenticeship. 💼 The next day, I had the privilege of sharing my own journey with the IfATE (Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education) Digital Route Panel, chaired by the brilliant Tom Morgan. During this session, I explored how apprenticeships offer flexibility to work across a range of technical fields fields, and how a robust support framework is critical for apprentices’ success. 🤝 A key takeaway, underpinned by the Route Panel discussion? Support frameworks are scalable—large organizations and small employers alike can leverage partnerships, like those with Association of Apprentices run by Emily Rock (Austin), to deliver impactful apprenticeship programs. Thank you so much to Simran Dosanjh for helping to make this a success, and to everyone involved, thank you so much for listening and making this week so incredible! Niall Powderly, Jamie Pemberton-Legg, Nikki Christie, Helen Bingham, Marianne Burrows, Margaret (Mags) Gregory, Jen Davies, Shahban Aziz, Elanor Lee, Athar M.
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Could you use your airport operations expertise to help skills training in transport and logistics reach new heights? 🛫 Our transport and logistics route panel has a vacancy for an outstanding employer in the airport operations sector. The panel meets regularly to review and make recommendations on skills training for the transport and logistics route, including new apprenticeships and technical qualifications 🤩 Ready for take-off? Apply here: https://orlo.uk/lYXrW
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Our latest public apprenticeship surveys are live and will close on Sunday 12 January 2025 📢 The routes covered this time are: - Care services - Education and childcare - Legal, finance and accounting - Agriculture, environment and animal care - Health and science - Hair and beauty - Transport and logistics - Engineering and manufacturing These short surveys will take no more than ten minutes to complete. Your feedback will help make sure that any apprenticeships that are developed meet the training needs of relevant occupations. Take a look 👇🏻 https://orlo.uk/ePkDr
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Did you miss our November newsletter? 🗓️ The latest edition of IfATE Update included: - news from the National Apprenticeship and Skills Awards #NASA2024 - Skills England Autumn Engagement - our response to the consultation on strengthening technical qualifications at levels 4 to 6 - a look back on our latest campaigns Don’t miss out in December! Subscribe here: https://orlo.uk/74qT7 Catch up on November’s issue: https://orlo.uk/8h3iE
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We are pleased to announce that Kris Rotchell, Provost Marshal for Serious Crime and Chief Officer of the Defence Serious Crime Command, has joined our protective services route panel 📢 Kris joined the Army in 1999 and the Royal Military Police in 2003. In his current role, he is responsible for delivering investigations into serious and complex criminal allegations globally. We look forward to benefiting from Kris’s expertise as the route panel ensures that technical education meets the skills needs of the protective services sector. Learn more about our route panels: https://orlo.uk/j60Rl Search the protective services occupational standards: https://orlo.uk/Pv6jo
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Our equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) strategy sets out our role in widening opportunity through technical education. The EDI toolkit provides insights and guidance to help address any imbalances or issues relating to disability when developing an occupational standard, apprenticeship, or technical qualification. Explore the EDI toolkit’s disability guidance: https://orlo.uk/U6ouy
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We are proud to announce Kelly Shaw and Jamie Mettyear as the new co-chairs of our hair and beauty route panel 📢 Kelly is a salon business coach and founder of k:SPA. She has over 30 years of industry experience, having excelled as a Spa Director for renowned luxury groups. Kelly has spent the past 16 years perfecting a salon-meets-spa experience driven by trust, respect, and a self-managing team. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to apply her commitment to education and raising industry standards to ensuring the future skills needs of the sector are met. Jamie is the director of Mettyears Day Spa and Salon. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the hair, beauty and aesthetics sector, having started out as an apprentice. Jamie attributes his success in part to a focus on encouraging individual growth through the salon’s apprenticeship scheme and further education opportunities, having attained a top 10 position in the Department for Education’s list of the 50 leading SME apprenticeship employers. We are looking forward to working with Kelly and Jamie to ensure technical education meets the skills needs of their sector. Learn more about Kelly, Jamie, and our other route panel members: https://orlo.uk/bI7IB
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