AELP

📢 Come and join Richard Moore on this AELP Webinar if you want to discover practical tips and advice on how to effectively prepare for an Ofsted inspection. This webinar will help delegates to understand: 👉 How you can best prepare in advance of receiving notification from Ofsted of your inspection (including advice for colleges who will be in receipt of an enhanced skills inspection); 👉 What inspectors will be most interested in evaluating when they look at your provision (this will focus on apprenticeships) and the most common pitfalls for providers; 👉 How to develop a good working relationship with the lead inspector during the planning meeting call once your inspection is announced; 👉 How to ensure inspectors see the parts of your provision you are most proud of; 👉 What you can do between the planning meeting telephone call and the inspection itself to make sure you are ready; 👉 How best to represent your organisation during the inspection itself and ways in which you can react most effectively to inspectors’ emerging judgements. Book your spot here 👇 https://lnkd.in/e6KHSjfV

Great to spend time with South Yorkshire Provider Network today, exploring what changes (both nationally and locally) mean for providers at Northern College's fascinating home of Wentworth Castle. We're looking forward to being back in the region in two weeks' time for Ben's final AELP CEO Roadshow at Sheffield Hallam University. You can register here: https://buff.ly/3TFMq6P

⭐ AELP Health and Social Care Sector Forum ⭐ Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in our Health and Social Care Sector Forum chaired by Lucy Hunte from NHS England and sponsored by NCFE. Gain crucial insights from IfATE, and stay updated on key industry issues and advancements. Book now - https://lnkd.in/e6iK38xy #HealthcareAdvancements #SocialCareChallenges #AELP

📢 Come and join Christine Edwards QTLS on this AELP Webinar if you require some best practice guidance. The content of this webinar will cover: 👉 What good provision looks like; 👉 Establishing the value of placements and work experience; 👉 Preparing the employer; 👉 Preparing the learner; 👉 Adding value; 👉 Next steps. Book your spot here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eqmVndk7

Join our sector forum chair, James Billingham, to explore the latest trends in apprenticeships. Learn about the Flexi Apprenticeship model, new personal development courses, policy changes, and the impact of AI in the industry. Stay informed and competitive in your field. #ApprenticeshipTrends #AIinEducation #AELP

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Only 4 Weeks to Go! 🚨   Don't miss your chance to join our Employer Forum hosted by Hawk Training's Managing Director, Crawford Knott. Engage with industry leaders, gain exclusive insights, and explore the future of apprenticeships and AI in education. 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ekVYH2KK   Munira Wilson Ben Rowland Russell Edwards AELP Aptem   #EmployerForum #Apprenticeships #VocationalLearning #AI #Education #HawkTraining #IndustryLeaders #Networking #ProfessionalDevelopment #GovernmentPolicy #Twickenham

After spending the summer speaking to people across the skills sector, our CEO Ben Rowland sets out how Skills England, a new Growth and Skills Levy and the autumn budget will impact post-16 education. Read this exclusive opinion piece for FE News here: https://buff.ly/3zejjQH

⭐ AELP welcomes response to ‘The Big Listen’⭐   AELP welcomes Ofsted's response to its The Big Listen exercise, published today. While the news, announced yesterday, about the removal of single word judgements may capture the headlines, AELP believes the more important content lies elsewhere in the report.   On single word judgements, while AELP completely understands the need for change, the reality is that there will continue to be trigger points for intervention for providers of all types. This intervention will still have consequences for everyone involved - and these trigger points are necessary features of the system if the accountability that Ofsted is responsible to Parliament for is to remain. AELP is pleased to see, therefore, further commitments in the report to build on already-implemented improvements to make the process of being inspected less stressful and minimise the risk of harm to provider staff.   AELP also argues that the launch of The Ofsted Academy and plans to develop new inspection frameworks and associated 'scorecards' is just as significant. These will be developed in consultation with the FE and Skills sector over the coming year, to enable more productive and constructive interactions through inspection – and will aim to support providers to improve and do even more for their learners and employers. AELP particularly welcomes the emphasis throughout the response to learners who face particular disadvantages, whether those who are care-experienced, with SEN, in youth offending institutions or who live in households and areas of disadvantage.   AELP recognises it can play a large role in helping Ofsted improve its relationship with the skills sector, including encouraging more part-time inspectors to come forward. The organisation is also currently preparing for its A Day With Ofsted, scheduled for early 2025, which will continue to build a robust, mutually challenging and supportive relationship with Ofsted and the skills sector. Bookings will be open for A Day With Ofsted later this autumn.     Ben Rowland, Chief Executive of AELP said:   "It's great to see that FE and skills providers, including many AELP members, were so active in the Big Listen initiative, with 23% of all respondents coming from FE and Skills. There are some really important ideas coming through, and we are pleased that there is such strong commitment to work with the sector to develop a new inspection framework and a new 'scorecard', that will enable us, together with Ofsted, to build on the foundations we already have in place to continuously improve how inspections work in turn so that our learners, our employers and our staff all benefit.   “AELP will continue to keep up the pressure on Ofsted to improve consistency, to improve the experience of being inspected and to ensure inspection teams have the right expertise to be able to truly add value as well as hold providers to account." #Ofsted #ADayWithOfsted25 #AELP #FurtherEducation #Skills

I really love this part of my job - listening and speaking to learners. Seeing how the current policies and programmes developed by our hardworking #SkillsandEmployment team impact lives of Londoners but, most importantly, helping us to think about what we can even do better at the Greater London Authority Thanks to Nichola Hay MBE Chair of @association of employment and learning providers (AELP) and Ben Rowland, CEO AELP for hosting the London Deputy Mayor of Business and Growth Howard Dawber and our team on Wednesday at the BPP office. It was very inspiring listening to the journeys of five apprentices (Dhimple Patel and others), highlighting the importance of #Apprenticeships as a valuable route for progressing into further education and employment. It was also important to hear directly from the apprentices about barriers to creating and accessing apprenticeships and opportunities for improvement in London for us to take away.