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Featured in today’s Meet the Apprentice series is Danniel Horrocks, a nursing associate apprentice at Manchester University NHS Foundation Hospital.

The following apprenticeship standards have been updated: Level 3 Cyber Security Technician ST0865 – Assessment plan published Laboratory Technician…

The following apprenticeship standards have new End Point Assessment Organisations registered to offer end point assessment: (more…)

From 9th April The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has been supporting new flexibilities for Registered Nurse (RN) Degree Apprentices and Nursing Associate (NA) Apprentices that were…

On Thursday 14th May Gillian Keegan, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills held a virtual meeting with apprentices working on the front line at University College…

This week we’ve updated/published the following: Covid-19 FAQs UPDATED – new section added for Off-the-Job training FAQs Click…

Meet Katherine Upton-Hicks, a Senior Leader Apprentice at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. Katherine is…

For National Numeracy Day 2020, we are encouraging everyone in the health and care sector to become a Numeracy Champion. By signing up…

Featured in today’s Meet the Apprentice series is Shana Macdonald, an apprentice administrator for Diabetes and Endocrinology at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

This week we’ve updated/published the following: Covid-19 FAQs UPDATED – new FAQs added under Registered Nurse and Nursing Associate Apprentices…

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals successfully introduced the maternity support worker apprenticeship in 2019 and their cohort of 11 apprentices were due to complete their apprenticeship this summer.   Click…

The Clinical Scientist Trailblazer is delighted to announce that the standard for Clinical Scientist has been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical…

This week we’ve updated/published the following: Covid-19 FAQs UPDATED – new FAQ added under ESFA Policy Requests section Click…

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has announced a list of standards with temporary discretions or flexibilities in line with the

Featured in today’s Meet the Apprentice series is Hollie Kendall, a Healthcare Support Worker apprentice at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Click…

This week we’ve updated/published the following: Healthcare Support Worker, Senior Healthcare Support Worker and Assistant Practitioner (Health) EPA Flexibilities announced 

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) has many clinical apprentices working on the front line in the fight against COVID-19 who are…

Recently, HEE announced free access to functional skills support tools. To find out more about the tool and how to use…

Meet April Mills, a Widening Participation Apprentice at Brighton General Hospital. April is employed as…

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have released information for students and educators around Coronavirus (Covid-19). Student nurses, midwives and nursing associates are being faced with…

This week we’ve updated/published the following: Covid-19 FAQs UPDATED Registered Nurse and Nursing Associate Apprentices EPA Flexibilities FAQs NEW

The following apprenticeship standards have new End Point Assessment Organisations registered to offer end point assessment: Level 2 Adult Care Worker

Meet Mushtag Kahin, a Trainee Nursing Associate at South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust has…

The flexibility for the Nursing Associate/Registered Nurse apprentice EPA was agreed, this applies to apprentices who are on registered apprenticeship programmes (paid by levy) who have…

Featured in today’s Meet the Apprentice series is Claire Riley, a Nursing Associate apprentice at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.

An amended District Nurse End Point Assessment Plan which removes the requirement for EPAOs to be NMC approved organisations and clarifies the qualification requirements…

This week we’ve updated/published the following: Covid-19 FAQs UPDATED Printable – Why apprentices should be supported to continue their programme during…

The following apprenticeship standards have been updated: Ambulance Support Worker (Emergency, Urgent and Non-urgent) – Minor update to the standard and…

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

This week we’ve updated/published the following: FAQs – What does the ESFA Covid-19 guidance mean for Apprentices in Health and Care Settings?

In these challenging times, the HEE Talent for Care Team is pleased to be able to share some positive news with you. They are funding access…

The Midwife Trailblazer group is pleased to announce that the Midwife (NMC 2019) degree apprenticeship Standard and End-Point Assessment Plan were submitted to the…

The Clinical Scientist Trailblazer group is pleased to announce that the End-Point Assessment Plan for Clinical Scientist has been submitted to the Institute for…

Featured in today’s Meet the Apprentice series is Gary Farrow, a HR Consultant / Business Partner apprentice at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

The Dental Trailblazer group is pleased to announce that the End-Point Assessment Plan for Orthodontic Therapist has been submitted to the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical…

T levels programmes will start to be introduced by the government in September 2020, and are currently being collaboratively developed by the Department for…

This week we’ve launched a dedicated page to Covid-19 apprenticeship updates with guidance documents, FAQs and useful links. This page will be updated regularly as new…

Leo Nakhimoff (L) and Gareth Ward (R) Meet Leo Nakhimoff and Gareth Ward who are both ACP Paramedic apprentices, Leo…

The results of the Clinical Academic Professional Apprenticeship Standard survey are now in: We had a total of 311 responses from individuals working in a…

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has published a guide to Covid-19 as it presents a challenge to the fair and timely delivery of…