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June 8, 2014 - Conference

During the summer of 2014 the Federation held the New Apprenticeship Standards conference. It was the only conference just for Employers. It was attended by over 400 Employers who heard about the vision for the reform programme and also heard about what it was like for Employers who had been through TrailBlazer 1. The Federation […]

April 22, 2014 - Apprenticeship Development – Transitional Arrangements

Thank you for providing details about your current programme of Apprenticeship framework development. The plans for each sector have been considered alongside government’s stated aim that from 2017/18 all new Apprenticeship starts in England will be based on new standards.  The directions below are now issued on behalf of the Secretary of State under s13(3) […]