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The finalists for Skills for Health’s Our Health Heroes Awards 2022 have been revealed and voting is now open! You…

This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is Faith Cox a Level 6 Podiatry apprentice working at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS…

We understand that many organisations around the country are under huge pressure at the moment and as such, education programmes are coming under pressure too….

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has published a report on the responses to its degree apprenticeship consultation. This consultation was…

There will be a Public Health apprenticeship webinar on Wednesday 9th February from 10:00 – 12:00. This session will provide an overview of the family of…

The Level 3 Peer Worker apprenticeship standard is currently in development and it is anticipated to be approved for delivery in early 2022. The apprenticeship…

The Trailblazer is seeking your help to ensure that the apprenticeship standard attracts the best possible funding band. Revisions made to the apprenticeship to align the…

The Trailblazer is seeking your help to ensure that the revised apprenticeship standard attracts the best possible funding band. Revisions made to the standard and end-point…

It has been another year full of challenges for the health sector and it’s been a busy year at Skills for Health and Health Education…

The standard for Research Scientist has been approved for delivery for just over 2 ½ years and as part of their apprenticeship, apprentices will have…

Following the announcement of the Government to move to Plan B, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has updated its plans for…

The Higher Development Award programme, which originated in London, is now being adopted by many regions across England. It is a programme which forms part of…

Featured in today’s ‘Meet the Mentor’ series in collaboration with Skills for Health, is apprenticeship mentor Nick Wright. A mentor plays a unique role in an apprentice’s…

We are putting together information packs to help employers and potential apprentices navigate apprenticeships. Today we are publishing the Paramedic (Degree) apprenticeship information pack with…

The standard for Learning Mentor has been approved for delivery for over 2 ½ years and as part of their apprenticeship, apprentices will have to…

This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is Joanne Harpham, a Level 6 Registered Nurse (Degree) apprentice working at Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS…

The Healthcare Science Assistant and Healthcare Science Associate Trailblazer Groups are pleased to announce that they have opened a consultation on the draft apprenticeship standards…

This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is Michael Wotton a Level 5 Nursing Associate apprentice working at Derriford Hospitals in the…

The 15th annual National Apprenticeship Week is taking place from 7th to 13th February 2022 and the theme for 2022 is “Build the Future”, continuing…

Health or Social Care Employers whose employees or apprentices need to access an assessment to progress and are ready to sit an assessment can access Functional Skills training support…

Having a sound base of basic skills, including literacy, numeracy, ESOL and digital skills, is key to enabling people to progress on to further learning.

The standard for Hospitality Manager has been approved for delivery for over 3 ½ years and as part of their apprenticeship, apprentices will have to…

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has launched its Flexibility Framework. This guidance is mainly for End Point Assessment Organisations (EPAO) and External Quality…

The future of NHS human resources and organisational development report was published recently. This report is aimed at HR and OD directors, chief people officers,…

The standard for Associate Ambulance Practitioner has been approved for delivery for over 4 ½ years and as part of their apprenticeship, apprentices will have…

The Speech and Language Therapy  (Integrated Degree) Apprenticeship Assessment Plan was recently revised and has now been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships…

Featured in today’s ‘Meet the Mentor’ series in collaboration with Skills for Health, is apprenticeship mentor Jemma Byrom. A mentor plays a unique role in an apprentice’s…

We are putting together information packs to help employers and potential apprentices navigate apprenticeships. Today we are publishing the Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Degree) apprenticeship information…

The government’s new Multiply Programme was announced recently. It is due to be launched in Spring 2022. All local areas in the United Kingdom will receive…

Are you a training provider looking to deliver the new Level 3 Peer Worker Apprenticeship? The Peer Worker Apprenticeship Trailblazer group have recently submitted…

The standard for Production Chef has been approved for delivery for just over 3 years and as part of their apprenticeship, apprentices will have to…

Health Education England’s National Apprenticeships team invites you to attend an upcoming webinar, ‘Setting up a Conversation Club for ESOL Speakers’, on the 1st December,…

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) are currently exploring the idea of delivering the Level 7 Arts Therapist Degree Apprenticeship from September 2022.  As part of this…

The standard for Cyber Security Technologist (2021) has been approved for delivery for 6 months and as part of their apprenticeship, apprentices will have to…

This week’s Featured Apprentice on HASO is Richard Brooks, a Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprentice working at University Hospitals…

Would you like to become a Numeracy Champion? National Numeracy have an upcoming programme called Maths, Mindset and Money. “A…

Read our latest case study about Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust who took an innovative widening participation recruitment approach when recruiting staff for…

Every 6 weeks Trailblazer groups make submissions of Proposals, Standards and Assessment plans to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. The Institute then puts…

Looking back over last year’s apprenticeship data, did you know there are now over 90 apprenticeship standards available in Health and Science and around 900 multi-professional Advanced Clinical Practitioner…

Sustainability is top of the agenda for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE). As part of it’s continuing importance, IfATE have convened the…