What’s an ADDR? Luckily it is not Viper Beris, Britain’s only venomous snake but the Jisc Apprentice Digital Delivery Review. The ADDR aims to help universities, colleges and skills providers ensure that they have the necessary digital processes, practices and infrastructure in place to take advantage of the new landscape (in England at least) surrounding apprenticeships. The ADDR is a bit different from other Jisc workshops in that it is a purely internal workshop for the institution or organisation concerned. Recently the Jisc team involved in rolling out the ADDR offering ran a pilot worksh ..read more

The Apprenticeship reforms of 2017 have placed new opportunities and challenges at the doors of universities, colleges and private providers. Are you ready for the new landscape arising from the presence of levy funding and the new higher-level apprenticeships? Delivery of apprenticeships will take many providers into new and uncharted territory, placing demands on their internal systems and processes that may be challenging and unforeseen. Moving from traditional delivery modes to delivery via the 20% off-the-job training requirement will mean adjustments may need to be made and assumptions a ..read more