A freeze on new Scottish Modern Apprenticeships begins on 1 April 2024. Skills Development Scotland (SDS) – the national skills agency which delivers Modern Apprenticeships – is still waiting for […]
As things currently stand, no new funded Modern Apprenticeship places will be available in Scotland from 1 April 2024. That’s because the Scottish Government has still to agree the apprenticeship […]
The Scottish Apprenticeship Awards were held at the P&J Live in Aberdeen on Friday 8 March 2024. A craft butcher from Falkirk who credits his apprenticeship with changing his life […]
SQA and SDS have confirmed that learners who are starting a Foundation Apprenticeship in 2024-25, or completing in 2025 or beyond, must be assessed using the original Foundation Apprenticeship frameworks. […]
CONSTRUCTION sector skills specialist Fiona Harper is to take over the running of the Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT), the approved training scheme for the country’s electrical apprentices. Ms Harper is currently […]
Global accountancy professional body, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has called on the Scottish Government to ensure work-based qualifications and training are placed at the centre of ongoing […]
We’d like to encourage members to respond to the recent stakeholder research surveys issued by SQA. There are two surveys – one for Learners and one for Practitioners. You may […]
The Scottish Government has released statistics on the destinations and attainment of 2022-23 leavers from Scotland’s publicly funded schools. Initial destinations 95.9 per cent of 2022-23 school leavers were in […]
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has published Modern Apprenticeship statistics for Quarter 3, covering the period 1 April to 29 December 2023. Key highlights from the statistics include: Starts Total starts […]
There has been a ‘plethora’ of reviews of Scottish education in recent years – but how much have they cost? TES Magazine has recently published an article setting out the […]
