News

Here is a round-up of what is happening at Brooks and Kirk as well as in the wider world of vocational training.

National Apprenticeship Week 2021

Where on earth has that year gone, we can’t quite believe it was National Apprenticeship Week again last week! This past year has been a turbulent one for all business and industries, and with the introduction of furlough this has had a real impact on apprentices. With reduced budgets for training and hiring staff, a […]

How End-Point Assessments Have Been Affected By Coronavirus

There is no running away from the fact that apprenticeships have had to change quite a lot since the start of the pandemic. The Institute for Apprenticeships were very quick to take action to ensure the minimum level of disruption possible for learners. They tried to strike a balance between recognising that in some organisations […]

Furlough, Gateway Delays & More…. Your Coronavirus EPA FAQS

This is our second instalment in the series where we look into how End Point Assessment rules and regulations have changed slightly because of the pandemic. The main question to address is whether or not EPAs can go ahead during this lockdown. The answer to this is yes. If EPAs cannot be conducted remotely, they […]

The Apprenticeship Reform – What Changed?

It has been a few years now since the Apprenticeship reform, but nonetheless, we wanted to touch on the subject. This is because over the next few weeks we will be running through some of the core topics from our new End-Point Assessment Online Award. Let’s look at some of the background first though, before […]

Why You Should Provide Training for Your Employees

Developing the skills of your employees will not only benefit them and help them improve their knowledge, but it will also help your business too. There are several different ways you can implement training into your business, from carrying out extra one-to-one meetings to share your own knowledge, investing in a professional instructor, or sending […]

Key Shifts Transforming Education

Spurred by the growth in digital technology, anyone can access the information they need on the go. This hasn’t just impacted the education sector, this digital transformation that we have undergone has changed our day-to-day lives too. Learning is no longer restricted to the classroom, and there has also been less emphasis on teachers too. […]

Update on the National Tutoring Programme

Earlier in the year the Government announced that they would be investing £350million into the National Tutoring Programme during the academic year 2020/21. The idea was for this Covid ‘catch-up’ package to help with the impact of lost teaching time. However, the Government has now broken this promise and has said this investment will now […]

Radical Improvements in Digital Teaching

We can safely say that 2020 has been the year of digital transformation, in so many different ways. The Office for Students annual review has concluded that more progress has been made in one month than in the previous five years when it comes to digital teaching. That alone speaks volumes, and shows how the […]

2021 Workforce Trends

As we have reached the end of 2020 we thought it was a good opportunity to reflect back on the previous year and how the significant changes in workplaces are going to shape 2021. It goes without saying that the introduction of remote working has changed the way in which we work, and it is […]

Why You Should Invest in In-House Assessors for Your Business

If you have recently undertaken your Assessor qualification, you will probably already be aware of the benefits that this extra knowledge and skills will have on your career. You will certainly have a much better chance of being hired with an additional qualification under your belt. If you have taken it a step further and […]