Since the 2017 introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, we have been delighted to welcome a host of apprentices to the business, we have apprentices working in across Tribal Group in HR, Benchmarking, Finance, Education Services and Higher Education.

We know that students want an easy and familiar way to communicate with their fellow students and tutors, through our research into students’ communication preferences. You may have heard that in-house apps are paving the way forward in communication within UK universities and colleges, in the form of private social media apps. Once an institution has invested in an app, they have the daunting task of getting hundreds, if not thousands of students to engage with the new tool. Here’s some tips we’ve identified through researching some of the biggest and best social media apps and accounts, to help make your in-house social media app launch and adoption a success.

The ROATP is expected to reopen for applications on 12 December 2018 and will stay open throughout the year with no closing date. The Department for Education and Education Skills Funding Agency have announced a redesign of the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) and promise that the tougher rules will ensure providers deliver high-quality apprenticeships. 

The Apprenticeship Levy and 'Trailblazer Initiative' launched in May 2017, aims to encourage employers to recruit more apprenticeships and invest in apprenticeship programmes. Recent figures show that apprenticeship numbers are falling, but why is this?

Have you ever been frustrated by an Excel spreadsheet, when the formula breaks, and you don’t know where you went wrong? Or have you ever forgotten to follow up with a prospective student, and wish you hadn’t let them disengage with your university? Or spent hours manually typing the names and contact details of your learners, with a niggling feeling in your mind that there must be a better way. We have all been there, be it an HR Administrator of an employer, part of the Student Administration team in a university, or an Apprenticeship Manager of a college.