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What employers need to know about changes to the ESFA funding rules 2023/24
18 July 2023

Updated Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) Apprenticeship funding rules for the 2023/24 academic year.

Apprenticeship: What is it and Why Do One?
6 June 2023

What is an Apprenticeship? An apprenticeship is a structured training program that combines on-the-job learning with classroom instruction. It is a valuable pathway for individuals …

Flexi-Job Apprenticeships: A beginner’s guide
27 April 2023

In 2021, the government introduced Flexi-Job Apprenticeships – these are designed to ensure those sectors and occupations where short-term contracts or other non-standard employment models are the norm can access the benefits of apprenticeships.

They are available to employers and apprentices in two ways: with or without a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency (FJAA).

ISO 9001 Accreditation Success for Cogent Skills
25 April 2023

ISO 9001 is an internationally recognised standard for creating, implementing, and maintaining a Quality Management System for a company. It is intended to be used …

Process Technician Apprenticeship case study: Samantha Glenn at British Sugar

An advanced apprenticeship lets you work full-time with an employer while also studying towards qualifications with a training provider. Samantha Glenn is a Process Technician …

Front-loaded Apprenticeship Benefits

Apprenticeships are becoming increasingly flexible to ensure all employers in all sectors can benefit from them. This was the primary objective of creating Flexi-job Apprenticeship …

Whelan Refining SMPO Apprentices

What made you decide to take this apprenticeship? What advice did you receive? Who from? What information was given/made available to you? Was it the …

Cogent Skills asked ChatGPT (AI Chatbot) for 10 top tips when starting an apprenticeship
10 February 2023

Cogent Skills challenge ChatGPT to come up with 10 top tips for someone starting an apprenticeship.

Q&A With Victrex Apprentice Sioned Morris
8 February 2023

We had a Q&A session with Sioned Morris about her experiences as a Business Administration Apprentice at Victrex

Amazon Apprenticeship Senior Program Manager, Q&A with Cogent Skills
7 February 2023

Cogent Skills is proud to announce Amazon as a new customers. To celebrate we held an apprenticeship Q&A with their Apprenticeship Senior Program Manager

National Apprenticeship Week 2023!
1 February 2023

National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) is a celebration of apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on individuals, businesses, and communities. Held annually, the week-long event …

Cogent Skills Approved as the Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency for Science & Technology

Cogent Skills has been approved as a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency

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