The Richard Review of Apprenticeships

By: Lindsay Plumpton

Communications Leader

Thursday 29 November 2012

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The Government has welcomed the recommendations within Doug Richard’s newly published independent report on the future of apprenticeships. The report calls to improve the quality of apprenticeships, making them more focused on the needs of employers and also on outcomes – what an apprentice will be able to do having completed their training.

Key recommendations have included:

® A redefinition of Apprenticeships: ‘There must be a job and the job must be new’

® Apprenticeship frameworks replaced with new Apprenticeship qualifications

® The qualifications should be designed and developed with employers

® Expansion of pre-Apprenticeships or ‘traineeships’ – and additional employability skills

® Government funding to be directed to employers

® Apprenticeships to be assessed by a test, exam, practical assessment, project or assignment

® Ofsted to be used to approve delivery centres and ensure quality of provision

To summarise his review, Doug Richards has said that, “Apprenticeships need to be high quality training with serious kudos and tangible value both to the apprentice and the employer.” Business Secretary Vince Cable has responded by saying that the review echoes the Government’s thinking in ensuring “the skills of our workforce fit with employer needs.”

You can read more about the report here

NCFE offers a wide range of qualifications to be used within an Apprenticeship Framework – see here

Let us know what you think of the findings of the review.

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Lindsay Plumpton

Communications Leader
96 posts
David Grailey

Chief Executive
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Andrew Gladstone-Heighton

Policy Leader
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Esme Winch

Managing Director
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Michael Lemin

Policy and Research Manager
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