October is Black History Month and this year’s theme is ‘Time for Change: Action not Words’. As an arms’-length body developing apprenticeships and technical qualification for talented people around England, we want to make sure that we are supporting and …
Following a successful pilot of our new approach to route reviews earlier this year in the construction route, we are pleased to announce the launch of the route review for transport and logistics. The aim of the route review is …
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) is running a public consultation on the Outline Content for an upcoming Marketing Technical Qualification. We welcome views from providers, employers, and industries bodies. The Outline Content aims to provide learners with …
In April 2022, we published the construction route review report. In the report, we made a number of commitments. Four months on, we are pleased to report the progress made to date on these commitments: Gain approval from the Secretary …
Last month we launched a consultation on the approach we intend to take to approving technical qualifications in future. This is the final step in preparing a new approach for qualifications at level 3, following the Department for Education’s (DfE) …
Technical education and apprenticeships are important in both retraining the current workforce and equipping young people with the skills required for the transition to net zero. We’ve been working hard to support the Government’s climate change agenda. We already have …
The introduction of end-point assessment (EPA) for apprenticeships has been essential to driving up quality, meeting the aspirations of employers, and boosting public confidence in the programme. External Quality Assurance (EQA) is the system for making sure the assessments are …
Leora Wilson, is a level 3 transport planning technician at Mott MacDonald. Leora, who has autism, knew she was an extremely hands-on individual who wanted real-life work experience and the correct support, so she chose to go down the apprenticeship …
You can listen and subscribe to The Institute talks podcast on Amazon Music, Apple podcast, Spotify and all other major podcast platforms. You can read transcripts for this podcast episode on Podbean. In this episode of The Institute talks, we talk about the exciting …
The publication of the construction route review this week sees the culmination of a years’ worth of discussion, research and testing. I remember discussing the concept of the construction route summit with the Institute in December 2021, with the summit …
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