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YPOlaunches nationwide public sector apprenticeship framework portal
Y
PO, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement organisations, has launched an online portal for its apprenticeship framework that will allow
the UK public sector, including the education sector, to access apprenticeship training from a range of local and national suppliers. The framework - the first and only one of its kind in the UK - has been
developed by YPO to help public sector organisations make the most of apprenticeship levy funds, which will begin to decrease after April 2019 for organisations that have not utilised funds since the levy came into effect. Available on the YPO
website, the online portal allows customers to access its framework and find apprenticeship providers by filtering via sub-criteria, including cohort numbers, region, facilities and delivery model. The resulting YPO
Apprenticeship Framework
is intended to reduce administration costs and enable apprenticeship levy created funds to be spent more effectively. Every quarter, the framework will also be updated as new apprenticeship standards come into effect, ensuring new providers can bid with ease for live and new standards.
uThe YPO Apprenticeship Framework portal can be accessed by visiting
https://www.ypo.co.uk/apprenticeships/StandardsSearch
What skills do students need for 21st century jobs?
I
f evidence was needed that creative subjects are being driven off our national curriculum, then the statistics speak for themselves. There has been
an overall decline of 35 per cent in the number of arts GCSE entries between 2010 and 2018. In some subjects the drop is particularly dramatic such as Design and Technology; down by an astonishing 57 per cent. The devastating impact of
the narrowing of the national curriculum on the creative industries – worth £92 billion a year to the economy – is already being felt. By 2020, it’s anticipated the sector will need 1.2 million new workers. The Edge Foundation’s
next Skills Shortages report
focuses on the creative industries. It brings together evidence from the education sector, employers and industry to reveal the startling disparity between what young people learn in schools and the skills they need to thrive in the 21st century workplace.
uIf you would like to receive either a pdf or a hard copy, please email
kemms@edge.co.uk or download from the Edge website
www.edge.co.uk from 30 November
November 2018
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