Our goal is to influence the education, skills and employment agenda to secure:
ALP Chief Executive, Graham Hoyle, writes, “A debate is re-emerging between the educational establishment and the deliverers and proponents of competence based work-based learning. ![]()
Following Minister, John Hayes’, welcome announcement at the recent ALP conference that the move from key skills to functional skills would be put back until at least March 2011 ........ ![]()
Following on from the success of LIG Phase 1 - 4, ALP has recently uploaded the LIG Phase 5 final evaluation report to the ALP e-learning website at www.elearningproviders.org
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Since the announcement by the new coalition Government of substantial new flexibilities for providers, ALP’s independent members have been expressing concern that one of the unexpected consequences of this otherwise welcome development has been the closing off of much FE funding to high performing independent providers. ![]()
Find below policy guidance document issued from Skills Funding Agency for all learning providers regarding the transition from funding qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) to funding qualifications on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). ![]()
Find below the link to Policy Update #5 which was recently publicised on the Skills Funding Agency homepage. ![]()
At the recent ALP conference Minister for Apprenticeships, John Hayes, announced the development of a pre-Apprenticeship ‘programme’ and asked for ALP’s in designing it. ![]()
ALP’s representative attended a recent meeting of the YPLA Board. His full report can be found on the ALP website. ![]()
ALP was glad to hear that its call to retain a minister for Apprenticeships, bringing together the dual interest of the DfE and BIS, has been acted upon. Minister John Hayes has now been given responsibility .... ![]()