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Monday 26th April
12:00 - 12:45 Group A Workshops
10:00 - 11:30 Plenary One | Content Gillian Keegan MP, Apprenticeship & Skills Minister, HM Gov
Simon Lebus, Chief Regulator, Ofqual
Panel Debate | Flex for success? Why are flexi-job apprenticeships a positive for employers and apprentices?
David Phillips, City & Guilds and ILM, Mark Maudsley, GTA England, Robert Nitsch, IFATE, Cory Dale, Volker Rail, and Kirstie Jones, Amey Rail.
Stage One | End-to-end Journey to EPA Success with City & Guilds
Lorna Tyrtania, Senior Product Manager, City & Guilds and Rebecca Hollamby, EPA Partnership Manager, City & Guilds
Stage Two | ‘Future Skills’ – what are the future functional skills.
Sian Thomas, Executive Director for International, The Skills Network and Mark Thomson, True North Consult
Stage Three | AELP – Support, Resources and Projects
Cheryl Swales, National Operations Manager and Katrina Thomas, Senior Project Manager, AELP
Stage Four | Intro to AAC: The apprenticeship market and trends
Nick Linford, Editor, FE Week
Stage Five | Levy Transfers & Matching
Kate McDonagh, Funding Policy Manager, ESFA
Stage Six | Remote Assessment and Invigilation – now this has become the new norm.
Ian Jarvis, Managing Director, SkillTech
Stage Seven | What to expect during an inspection?
Kate Hill, Her Majesty’s Inspector, Ofsted
Stage Eight | A lawyer’s take on contracts – Employer Agreements
Mark Taylor, Partner, Corporate Education, Eversheds Sutherland
Stage Nine | Giving apprentices a digital head-start in the workplace
Annette Allmark, Head of Apprenticeships, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT and Patricia Barlow, Head of Product, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
13:15 - 14:00 Group B Workshops
14:30 - 15:30 Daily Deep Dive Debate
Is the levy fit for our future? Could the levy be better used to support economic recovery post Covid19 and beyond?
Panel: Kirstie Donnelly, CEO, City & Guilds Group, Chris Fletcher, Campaigns Director, Manchester Chambers of Commerce, Anthony Impey, CEO, Be the Business, Jane Hadfield, National Programme Manager, Health Education England, Nick Linford, Editor, FE Week, Simon Ashworth, Chief Policy Officer, AELP.
Chaired by Kirstie Donnelly
Stage One | Engineering Future, career and progression
Samantha Ashman, Technical Advisor for Engineering, City & Guilds, Janice Collins, End Point Assessment Partnership Manager, City & Guilds and Sarah Lewin-Coiles, Apprentice - Engineering
Stage Two | Flexi-job apprenticeships and the future of on the job training
Graham Hasting-Evans, CEO, NOCN Group
Stage Three | The changing landscape of apprenticeships
Ashleigh Klue, Head of Learning and Development, Estee Lauder companies INC, Jason Hargreaves, Managing Director, Education and Skills Partnership, Sue Shutler, Head of Business Development & Account Management, BTEC & Apprenticeships, Pearson, Andy Pollard, Senior EPA Delivery Manager, Pearson and Keith Leighton, Chief Education Officer, League Football Education
Stage Four | The Institute: Best practice guidance from the panel of apprentices
Jamilah Simpson & Louis Curtis, Apprentice panel members, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE)
Stage Five | Raising Standards in TVET – Join WorldSkills UK’s world-beating skills network.
Frazer Minskip, High Performance Skills Coach, WorldSkills UK & Pete Walters, High Performance Skills Coach WorldSkills UK
Stage Six | College Collaboration Fund (CCF) – Department for Education
Reena Kainth, Head of ApprenticeshipsThe Windsor Forest College Group, Julian Bream, Project Manager, The Windsor Forest College Group and Tracey Allred, Deputy Director, Head of FE Improvement and Oversight, Department for Education
Stage Seven | Apprenticeships in the NHS during Covid
Lucy Hunte, National Apprenticeship Programme Manager – Apprenticeships, NHS – Health Education England Jennifer Stone, NHS – Health Education England and Fay Lane, NHS – Health Education England
Stage Eight | Funding Assurance – An overview of the approach
Karl Bentley, Senior Manager, RSM UK
Stage Nine | How to support Neurodiverse learners
Helen Wilson, Science Communications Manager, Cognassist
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Tuesday 27th April
12:00 - 12:45 Group C Workshops
Stage One | The future of blended learning and assessment in apprenticeship delivery
Sarah Bell, Learning Services Director, Kineo, Sarah Cooksedge, City & Guilds and Janice Collins, End Point Assessment Partnership Manager, City & Guilds
Stage Two | Maths and English Functional Skills – the evolving world of e-learning and online exam delivery
Paul Wakeling, Executive Director of Curriculum and Quality, The Skills Network & Fraser Ingham, Skills First
Stage Three | What’s Next? A Technical Education Pathways Resource
Paul Warner, Director of Research, AELP and Andrew Webster, Careers and Enterprise Company
Stage Four | The key source data from DfE/ESFA/Ofsted/IfATE
Nick Linford, Editor, FE Week
Stage Five | Funding rules update for April 2021 and beyond.
Laura Orritt-Hopkins, Senior Manager, Apprenticeship Funding Policy, ESFA
Stage Six | Online and remote learning
Richard Pemble, Her Majesty’s Inspector, Ofsted
Stage Seven | Apprenticeships – a changing focus
John Cope, Director of Strategy, Policy and Public Affairs, UCAS
Stage Eight | Building mental fitness of apprentices
Dr. Fran Longstaff, Head of Psychology, Fika & Leanne Poole, Senior Relationship Manager, NCFE
Stage Nine | Reshaping Delivery: The increasing role of edtech and media within apprenticeships
Mark Mckenna, Managing Director, Mindful Education
10:00 - 11:30 Plenary Two | Content Jennifer Coupland, CEO, IfATE
Lia Nici MP, Chair, Apprenticeships Champions Diversity Network
Matthew Fell, Chief UK Policy Director, CBI
Mark Dawe, Chief Executive, The Skills Network
13:15 - 14:00 Group D Workshops
Stage One | Future Skills into Construction
Naz Lewis-Humphrey, Industry Manager, Construction, Sarah Turner, Business Development Manager, and Jason Howe, Technical Advisor, City & Guilds
Stage Two | Using sector specific Traineeships to bridge the skills gap.
Tracey Patmore, Product Manager, NOCN Group
Stage Four | The Institute: Specimen training plans for apprenticeship standards
Diane Wilford, Senior Relationship Manager & Martin Keeves, Senior Relationship Manager, Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education
Stage Five | Becoming a regulated End Point Assessment Organisation
Jessica Lewis-Bell, Senior Manager Strategic Relationships, Ofqual and Jeremy Barlow, Senior Manager, Apprentice Assessment Apprenticeships Group, EFSA
Stage Six | Skills for Life in the NHS
Kirsty Marsh-Hyde, National Programme Manager – Apprenticeships, Health Education England, Rebecca Elsworth, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Julia Wood, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Stage Seven | Raise ambitions for blended learning from good to great.
Brad Tombling, Head of Customer Success, Bud and Erica Farmer, Digital Learning and Apprenticeship Expert, Founder and Director of Welcome Two
Stage Eight | The Hut Group – Apprenticeships
Richard Nolan, Global People Director, The Hut Group, Lee Hill, Business Development, Director Learning Curve Group and Steve Morris, Commercial Director, Learning Curve Group
Stage Nine | Are Apprenticeships really worth the effort?
Jim Murphy, Talent Development Manager, Iceland, Claire Smith, Partnership Manager, Lifetime Training and Charlotte Bosworth, Managing Director, Innovate Awarding
14:30 - 15:30 Daily Deep Dive Debate
Developing standards: more or less?
Nick Linford, Editor, FE Week, Graham Hasting-Evans, CEO, NOCN, Jonathan Mitchell, Deputy Director: Standards Development, IfATE, Tom Bewick, CEO, FAB, Simon Ashworth, Chief Policy Officer, AELP, Corrina Hembury, Managing director, Access Training, Ross Radford, Lead Practitioner Apprenticeships and Learner Progress, NCG.
Chaired by Nick Linford
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Wednesday 28th April
12:00 - 12:45 Group E Workshops
Stage One | Stepping Stones into Apprenticeships in a New World
Bryony Kingsland, Senior Manager – Funding and Policy, City & Guilds, Sam Egerton, UK Sales Manager, City & Guilds and Mandy Slaney, Lead Industry Manager, City & Guilds
Stage Two | Initial assessment -the future
Mark Dawe, CEO, The Skills Network and Doug Strycharczyk, CEO, AQR International
Stage Three | Maximising opportunities for apprentices in devolved city regions
Rebecca Durber, Regional Engagement Manager. AELP, Nic Hutchins, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Nicki Hay, CEO, Estio
Stage Four | Provider market: how to monitor starts and funding values.
Nick Linford, Editor, FE Week
Stage Five | Prior learning and experience – compliance and evidence
Chris Jones, Senior Manager, Apprenticeship Funding Policy, ESFA
Stage Six | What do good apprenticeships look like?
Richard Pemble, Her Majesty’s Inspector, Ofsted
Stage Seven | A lawyer’s take on contracts – Subcontracts
Mark Taylor, Partner, Corporate Education, Eversheds Sutherland
Stage Eight | Addressing Integrity Development for the ‘Real World’
Pascalle Rossle, Senior Account Manager, Turnitin, Teresa Johnson, Swindon College and Darren Culter, Lincoln College
Stage Nine | Steps to achieve Gateway success.
Leanne Poole, Senior Relationship Manager, NCFE & Susan Goldstein, Head of Client Relationships, NCFE
10:00 - 11:30 Plenary Three | Content Peter Mucklow, Apprenticeships Director, ESFA
HMCI Amanda Spielman, Chief Inspector, Ofsted
Paul Joyce HMI, Deputy Director for Further Education & Skills, Ofsted
Richard Pemble HMI, Ofsted
Cindy Rampersaud, Senior Vice President - BTEC & Apprenticeships, Pearson
13:15 - 14:00 Group F Workshops
Stage One | Making leadership & management apprenticeships work for employers and apprentices: insight from Lloyds and ILM.
Kathryn Marshall, Lloyds Banking Group, Viv Kennedy, BM Solutions, Jill Hansen, Karen Egan, Julie Rowlett and Joseph Ballantine, ILM
Stage Two | Aligning your curriculum to the standards in a post-covid world
Elizabeth Lovatt, NOCN Group
Stage Three | Fit for the Future: Adult learning in changing skills landscape.
Jonathan Bourne, Director, Damar Training, Grant Glendinning, Executive Principle, NCG, North Carlisle Colleges & NCG Colleges and Dionne Broughton, Head of Product, Pearson
Stage Four | The Institute: Increasing transparency in apprenticeship funding.
Sam Callear, Head of Funding Improvement & Jonathan Walden, Senior Policy Manager, Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education.
Stage Five | Skills for Life in the NHS
Kirsty Marsh-Hyde, National Programme Manager – Apprenticeships, Health Education England , Rebecca Elsworth, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Julia Wood, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Stage Six | Social media to social mobility: Teaching & Learning in 2021 and beyond
Sarah Cassidy and Max Scales, Tribal
Stage Seven | PDSAT – update and best practice
Karl Bentley, Senior Manager, RSM UK
Stage Eight | A holistic approach to workforce development (for your apprenticeship delivery)
Paul Eeles, Chief Executive, Skills and Education Group and Vanessa Rhodes FCIPD, Director, imago HR
Stage Nine | Utilising your AEB allocation to drive employer engagement and apprenticeships.
Beej Kaczmarczyk, Director, Learning Curve Group & Tom Aust, External Client Services Director, Learning Curve Group
14:30 - 15:30 Daily Deep Dive Debate
Maintaining and Exceeding the Quality of End Point Assessment
Sue Shutler, Head of Business Development & Account
Management, BTEC & Apprenticeships, Pearson, Anthony
Preston, Previous Assistant Practioner, UCLAN, Lindsey Robinson,
Principal Lecturer - Acacemic Lead - Apprenticeships, UCLAN,
Natasha Ahmed, Second year Apprentice, Joy Borrington, Clinical
Educator, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS
Foundation Trust, Andy Pollard, Senior EPA Delivery Manager,
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Thursday 29th April
12:00 - 12:45 Group G Workshops
Stage One | Supporting workforce sustainability and career progression in adult care
Suzi Gray, Technical Adviser, City & Guilds, Anna Sheard, Software Architect, City & Guilds and Geraldine Donworth, Industry Manager, City & Guilds
Stage Two | Integrating online learning into apprenticeship delivery
James Earl, Executive Director, The Skills Network and Sarah Shinnick, Skills for Security
Stage Four | Provider market: how to monitor achievement and Ofsted performance.
Nick Linford, Editor, FE Week
Stage Five | Recording off-the-job – compliance and evidence
Karen Clark, Senior Manager, Apprenticeship Funding Policy, ESFA
Stage Six | College Collaboration Fund (CCF) – Department for Education
David Warnes, Deputy Principal, Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College and Roger Cotes, Deputy Director, Head of FE Improvement and Oversight, Department for Education
Stage Seven | New Provider Monitoring Visits
Richard Pemble, Her Majesty’s Inspector, Ofsted
Stage Eight | The importance of Logistics and the role of Apprenticeships
Carl Lomas, Chairman, Institute for Couriers and Charlotte Bosworth, Managing Director, Innovate Awarding
Stage Nine | E-employability solutions and giving your bid the edge for DWP restart contracts.
Jack McDougall, National Business Development Manager, Skills Forward & Richard Graham, Head of Operations, Skills Forward
10:00 - 11:30 Plenary Four | Content Kate Green MP, Shadow Education Secretary
Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP, Chair, Education Select Committee
Jane Hickie, CEO, AELP
Graham Hasting-Evans, CEO, NOCN
13:15 - 14:00 Group H Workshops
Stage One | Apprenticeships, Now and in the Future
Bryony Kingsland, Senior Manager – Funding and Policy, City & Guilds
Stage Two | Using emerging technologies to revolutionise the learning experience.
Alexandros Anousis, Chief Innovation Officer, Olive Group & Jordan Lee, Director, Olive Group
Stage Four | The Institute: Degree Apprenticeships 2021
Jonathan Mitchell, Deputy Director: Standards Development, Jill Nicholls, Head of Route Reviews & Simon Perks, Head of Policy, IfATE
Stage Five | Ofqual’s regulation of Apprenticeship End-Point Assessments
Steve Walker, Associate Director Apprenticeships External Quality Assurance, Ofqual
Stage Seven | Blended Learning – It’s time to face the facts…
Andrew Howie, Director, eLearning WMB
Stage Eight | Are we really delivering on our promise to Apprentices?
Emily Austin, Engagement Director, Association of Apprentices and Charlotte Bosworth, Managing Director, Innovate Awarding
14:30 - 15:30 Daily Deep Dive Debate
Delivering training: online or face to face or a blend of the two?
Mark Dawe, CEO, The Skills Network, James Earl, Executive Director, The Skills Network, Chris Quickfall, CEO, Cognassist, Pete Sherry, Managing Director Commercial, Stoke College, Lester Biddle, Technology Director, HIT Training
Chaired by Mark Dawe
Stage Nine | Making apprenticeship delivery work in today’s world
Mushall Khan, Director of Corporate Operations, Learning Curve Group and Erica Farmer, Digital Learning and Apprenticeship Expert, Founder and Director of Welcome Two
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Friday 30th April
12:00 - 12:45 Group I Workshops
Stage One | Sharing Best Practice on what makes a Good Quality Apprenticeship Experience
Bryony Kingsland, Senior Manager – Funding and Policy, City & Guilds, Paula Gibson, Strategic Commercial Manager, City & Guilds, Gert Rohrman, Siemens, Mark Donnelly, BAE Systems and Ruth Jennings, Sainsbury’s
Stage Two | Digital Standards and skills – the future and the e-learning opportunities
Mark Dawe, CEO, The Skills Network & Dom Gill, Managing Director, Intequal
Stage Three | Demystifying post-16 subcontracting
Simon Ashworth, Chief Policy Officer, AELP
Stage Four | Standards: how to monitor trends in supply and find gaps in the market
Nick Linford, Editor, FE Week
Stage Five | Funding rules update for April 2021 and beyond.
Laura Orritt-Hopkins, Senior Manager, Apprenticeship Funding Policy, ESFA
Stage Six | What happens next? After the inspection is over
Kate Hill, Her Majesty’s Inspector, Ofsted
Stage Seven | A lawyer’s take on contracts – Employer Agreements
Mark Taylor, Partner, Corporate Education, Eversheds Sutherland
Stage Eight | Apprenticeships – how to make it your strategy for growth.
Tristan Luton, Customer Success Director – Commercial, UCAS
10:00 - 11:30 Plenary Five | Content Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist
Kirstie Donnelly MBE, CEO, City & Guilds Group
Panel Debate | The inclusion revolution – why diversity and inclusion is critical for the future success of UK businesses.
Kirstie Donnelly, CEO – City & Guilds Group, Deborah Frances White, The Guilty Feminist, Lucy Hunte, National Programme Manager, Apprenticeships, Health Education England, Damien McKnight, Dovecoat Park, Lia Nici MP, Chair of Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network, Lauren Roberts, Youth Engagement Executive - City & Guilds Foundation, Jeff Greenidge, Director for Diversity, AoC and ETF
13:15 - 14:00 Group J Workshops
Stage One | Delivering multiple standards across business functions
Bill Twigg, EPA Strategic Manager, City & Guilds and Paula Gibson, Strategic Commercial Manager, City & Guilds
Stage Two | The growing Access to Higher Education landscape
Fabienne Bailey, Managing Director, One Awards (part of NOCN Group)
Stage Three | Driving Diversity within Apprenticeships Programs
Kasim Choudhry, ThinkFest Director & Founder of BAME Apprenticeship Awards, Cindy Rampersaud, Senior Vice President- BTEC & Apprenticeships, Pearson, Laurence O’Sullivan-Whiting, Workforce Development Lead- Apprenticeships, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Damian Corneal, Partner, IBM and Vice Chair, London Apprenticeship Ambassador Network and Sharon Blyfield MCIPD, HR Business Partner, Coca-Cola European Partners Limited
Stage Four | Institute: Data-led apprenticeship reviews
Neil Jones, Senior Policy Manager & Benita Notley, Head of Standards Development, The Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education
Stage Six | Raising Standards in TVET – Join WorldSkills UK’s world-beating skills network.
Frazer Minskip and Pete Walters, High Performance Skills Coach, WorldSkills UK
Stage Seven | Funding Assurance – Common issues
Karl Bentley, Senior Manager, RSM UK
Stage Eight | Apprenticeships in the NHS during Covid
Lucy Hunte, National Apprenticeship Programme Manager – Apprenticeships, NHS – Health Education England Jennifer Stone, NHS – Health Education England and Fay Lane, NHS – Health Education England
14:30 - 15:30 Daily Deep Dive Debate
The future is green - How do we use apprenticeships to meet the burgeoning green skills needs of tomorrow?
Martin Hottass, Managing director, City & Guilds Technical Training, Barry Smith, Head of Skills and Assessment, National Skills Academy for Rail, Martin Rimmer, Chief People Officer, Cadent Gas, Celia Anderson, People and Skills Director, Offshore Wind Sector Deal, Andy Durman, Managing director, Emsi UK
Chaired by Martin Hottass
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