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D2N2 Best of Both Hubs is Back!

Monday 8th October 11:57am

Following the success of our first Best of Both Hubs conference in March this year, we return with our second event to focus on the finance and investment streams that are available across D2N2 and Sheffield City Region to help with your business growth.

Held at the Proact Stadium in Chesterfield, the event runs from 08:00am until 2:00pm on Thursday 11th October, 2018.

Highlights will include:

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Are you an looking for a new role in MI?

Wednesday 3rd October 10:38am

DART Training are looking for an MI Co-ordinator to join their team.

You would be responsible for line managing the administration team which support all the delivery teams at DART.

DART offer apprenticeships, traineeships, study programmes and other training within the land-based sector.

They are looking for someone from a training background with previous experience of the PICS learner management system.

You will be based at the DART offices in Shardlow, Derby and the salary for this role is from £22,000

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Hinds reveals £38m T-levels capital funding boost

Wednesday 3rd October 10:32am

The Education Secretary Damian Hinds has announced a £38 million capital funding boost for schools and colleges in the first wave of T-levels.

£38 million is being made available to the first providers of T Levels to make sure pupils taking the new technical qualifications from 2020 have access to the equipment and facilities they need.

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All new apprenticeship standards to be introduced by August 2020

Wednesday 3rd October 10:26am
Apprenticeships

The government has committed to introducing all new apprenticeship standards in time for August 2020, rather than “by 2020” as previously stated.

Plans to stop funding old apprenticeship frameworks and ensure providers were only delivering new Trailblazer standards were first announced in October 2013, with the frameworks initially planned to end in 2017/18.

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ESFA ready to roll-out Trip Advisor-style review feature for apprenticeship programmes

Monday 1st October 3:24pm

Employers will be able to post scores and reviews of their apprenticeship provider in an online review tool similar to Trip Advisor, according to the Education and Skills Funding Agency.

The ‘what are employers saying’ service will invite employers who have registered apprentices on the apprenticeship service to feedback on specific aspects of their programmes, with the first beta version of the feature specifically focusing on training providers.

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