The teaching hours transfer window
Addressing the annual headache of academic workload allocation. Like the football transfer window, the teaching transfer window is about finding the right fit for both staff and programmes.
Apprenticeships Training Providers consultation: our response
On the 12th of August the Skills Funding Agency put out a number of surveys on apprenticeships. The deadline was a less-than-generous three weeks, over a period when many people are on a summer break. One of the proposals is to replace the Register of Training Organisations (RoTO) with a Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP). There are many sensible proposals, but we have suggested that institutions already on the RoTO to be automatically transferred to the RoATP, and for institutions regulated by either QAA or Ofsted to be exempt from the requirement for annual registration.
You can read our full response here.