Year: 2020

Despite COVID-19 restrictions and another English lockdown, finding ways to complete end-point assessments continues to be a priority. We remain adaptable and have reacted creatively to...

North West based water company United Utilities is celebrating after scooping a gong at the prestigious North West National Apprenticeship Awards 2020. The company came up trumps winning Macro...

We recently notified the EQA body for this standard, ECITB, of an anomaly in the assessment plan ST0162/AP02. The following adjustment has been approved by IfATE: The following grading criteria...

Over the next few months, we will be phasing out consensus reports as a means of informing customers of final grades and replacing them with a simpler final grade letter issued when the certificates...

Following a trial with selected customers, we are making available to all customers a unique Site and Task Approval Service for these three standards. These standards all include a significant...

Over the coming months you will observe changes to the format of multiple-choice knowledge assessments. The questions themselves will remain the same, but instead of apprentices completing by...

When we first started talking about COVID-19 flexibilities, not many thought the situation would last as long as it has. The current situation suggests, if anything, there is greater uncertainty...

Earlier this year the IfATE confirmed that Ofqual will be taking over the external quality assurance of end-point assessment organisations for all apprenticeship standards except for degree...

As many young people fear about the pandemic’s impact on the labour market and future job prospects, water company United Utilities has been creatively coming up with safe social distancing...

Energy & Utility Skills has recently submitted responses to two IfATE consultations on funding bands and external quality assurance on behalf of the energy and utilities sector. The IfATE...