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Booth 1 For over 20 years, the PICS Learner Management System has been proven to meet the needs and changing requirements of the Skills and Employability Sectors. This year we have added many innovative features to the system to help you manage employer payments and integrate with the apprenticeship service. From applicant management & paperless enrolment solutions to financial analyses, ePortfolio and feedback tools; PICS offers a complete and integrated solution. PICS’ modular approach includes a built-in CRM for all your employer engagement and job matching needs, can integrate with your own web site, and provide tools for remote working on a variety of devices. visit: www.pellcomp.co.uk email: info@pellcomp.co.uk call: 01603 215000 follow: @PellcompSoftware |
Booth 2iPEGS is an all-in-one form building solution designed to reduce paper usage and increase efficiency via electronic data collection. The system enables you to create and complete custom forms, surveys & attendance registers. For maximum security iPEGS enables you to add FaceStamp to the signature ensuring maximum authenticity. Create and complete your forms in minutes then upload to the cloud, email to the office or integrate with your internal software or database by exporting in a variety of formats. Features:
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visit: www.ipegs.co.uk email: info@ipegs.co.uk call: 01244 560717 follow: @iPEGS |
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popular Functional Skills and GCSE eLearning solution and won ‘ICT
Company of the Year’ at the Bett Awards in both 2016 and 2017. Last year, around 1.5 million learners used our
online assessments and learning resources to improve their skills in English,
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Booth 6Hodder Education and City & Guilds are delighted to announce their new publishing partnership; they will be working together closely to produce high-quality print and digital textbooks for City & Guilds’ new suite of Technical qualifications and Apprenticeships at levels 2 and 3. These resources will be dedicated to ensuring that learners and lecturers are fully supported as they embark upon City & Guilds’ exciting new qualifications. Hodder Education’s specialist vocational team publishes one of the UK’s largest portfolios for work-based learners, from textbooks such as the bestselling Practical Cookery series to CACHE-endorsed Early Years resources. Its innovative online learning platform, Dynamic Learning, is used in two thirds of colleges in the UK. Created specifically for the FS framework, Hodder Education’s flagship Functional Skills resource –The Hodder Functional Skills Solution – starts with an accurate diagnostic and creates an individual learning plan which links to skills tutorials and summative, computer-marked assessments. visit: www.hoddereducation.co.uk |
Booth 7More than an Awarding Organisation. Offering nearly 200 regulated vocational qualifications and apprenticeship components, iCQ was the first awarding organisation to offer all customers a fully-integrated learner management system (iLearner). iLearner includes the tools you need to manage apprentices —
iLearner provides the tools you need to deliver apprenticeship standards — from managing the learner journey, milestone achievement, funding/ILRs and recording gateway meetings to conducting end-point assessments and grading. iCQ also offer an end-point assessment service (an Apprenticeship Assessment Organisation). visit: www.icanqualify.co.uk email: enquiries@icanqualify.co.uk call: 0175 2358 510 |
Booth 8 Future Apprenticeships offers a range of courses from ‘An introduction to curriculum planning‘ to ‘Building your business‘ in relation to the apprenticeship reforms. Courses are available for providers at all levels, from new to apprenticeships to transition and early adopters. visit: www.futureapprenticeships.org.uk email: bookingsupport@etfoundation.co.uk call: 0800 0831 830 |
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visit: www.qdpservices.co.uk email: sarah.martin@qdpservices.co.uk call: 01625 501917 follow: @qdpservices |
Booth 10 VTCT is a UK regulated awarding organisation offering a range of vocational qualifications at all levels across the service sector. Together with our ITEC brand we award qualifications across more than 40 countries worldwide. VTCT also supports the new Professional Apprenticeships and is an Apprenticeship Assessment Organisation (AAO). We have also been approved to deliver End Point Assessment for the new Hair Apprenticeship Professional Standards. Our Digital Assess brand works with some of the world’s most trusted education brands to support and improve the whole learning process. Part of their suite of Software-as-a-Service products include Adaptive Comparative Judgement, a highly innovative mechanism for supporting formative assessment and collaborative learning. For information about VTCT please visit www.vtct.org.uk For information about Digital Assess please visit www.digitalassess.com visit: www.vtct.org.uk email: customersupport@vtct.org.uk call: 0238 068 4500 |
Booth 11The IAB was established in 1973 and is the leading UK and international awarding and professional body for bookkeepers. It produces a range of bookkeeping, computerised accounting and payroll qualifications and has centres and members in more than 60 countries. Regulated by Ofqual, the IAB is both a government-approved and statutory supervisory body for bookkeepers and accounting professionals. Setting world-class standards, it offers students worldwide the chance to gain the very best financial qualifications – as well as lifelong skills. In 2017 the IAB launched a further, new suite of qualifications, under Ofqual’s new Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF). To find out about becoming an IAB Accredited Centre, please contact the Accreditation Department: accreditation@iab.org.uk or 01732 897750. visit: www.iab.org.uk email: mail@iab.org.uk call: 01732 897750 |
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Booth 14CMI is the only chartered professional body in the UK dedicated to promoting the highest standards in management and leadership excellence. With a member community of over 100,000, CMI has been providing forward-thinking advice and support for more than 60 years. We continue to give managers and leaders, and the organisations they work in, the tools they need to improve their performance and make an impact. We are a UK awarding body for management and leadership qualifications, and the only body that awards Chartered Manager, the hallmark of any professional manager. visit: www.managers.org.uk email: cmi@managers.org.uk call: 01536 207360 |
Booth 15The Education and Training Foundation works with teachers, trainers, leaders and employers. We give them the professional development that helps them deliver excellent further and vocational education and training. Priorities include maths and English, apprenticeship delivery, leadership and the sector Professional Standards. visit: www.etfoundation.co.uk email: enquiries@etfoundation.co.uk call: 0203 740 8280 follow: @E_T_Foundation |
Booth 16 Pearson is the world’s learning company, with expertise in educational courseware and assessment, and a range of teaching and learning services powered by technology. We operate in more than 70 countries, and are a leading provider of work based and vocational learning content and qualifications, both globally and within the UK. As the UK’s largest awarding body, Pearson brings together leading names in education to provide a blend of content, curricula, assessment, training and technology to make learning more engaging and effective. We offer academic and vocational qualifications that are globally recognised and benchmarked, with educational excellence rooted in names like Edexcel, BTEC, EDI and LCCI. visit: quals.pearson.com/apprenticeships email: wblcustomerservices@pearson.com call: 0844 576 0045 follow: @pearsonappr |
Booth 17e-Learning WMB will be presenting a unique, tailored and bespoke e-solution for apprenticeship delivery for new hires and existing employees called ‘Apprentix’. The system uniquely features:
Whether you are a provider, college or direct employer come and have a chat to see what the future of apprenticeship software looks like. Unique 20% off reductions for orders made at the conference. visit: www.e-learningwmb.com email: sales@e-learningwmb.com call: 01628 947 927 |
Booths 18 & 19 The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) is the leading trade association for vocational learning and employment providers in Britain. The majority of its 770+ members are independent, private, not-for-profit and voluntary sector training and employment services organisations. Membership is open to any provider committed to quality provision and it includes over 40 FE colleges involved in work-based learning. AELP members deliver the majority of Apprenticeships, Traineeships, English and maths in the workplace and programmes for the unemployed including the Work Programme. For more information, please visit the homepage. visit: www.aelp.org.uk email: membership@aelp.org.uk call: 0117 947 2090 follow: @AELPUK linkedIn: AELP |
Booth 20 Nucleus Commercial Finance provides businesses with the finance they need to flourish long-term. Our specialist Education Finance products have been designed to help colleges and training providers with cash flow, apprenticeship funding, specialist projects and growth. Nucleus have a specialist education team with years of experience of working in the sector. We understand your needs as education providers and our in-house expertise, based on working in both the Education and Finance industries means that we know exactly how to support you. Whether it is Higher Education, Further Education, Apprenticeship provision, Early Years or Education services we are able to provide a range of solutions to manage your funding needs and the changing landscape. Our Apprenticeship finance solution has been designed specifically to assist colleges and training providers with the increased financial and administrative demands placed on their organisation post May 2017. Come to stand 20 to find out more visit: www.nucleuscommercialfinance.com email: Phillip.Speed@nucleus-cf.co.uk call: 0207 839 1980 / 07792 611197 |
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Booth 23Through open, usable, cloud-based technologies, Canvas enables easy integration of the content, tools, and services that teachers need and students want. As the most usable, customisable, adaptable, and reliable virtual learning environment (think 99.9% uptime), Canvas is adopted faster and deeper (or, is used in more ways by more users) than any other VLE. So, in the end, investing in 21st century education technology actually makes teaching and learning easier (like it’s supposed to). Learn more about Canvas at www.CanvasVLE.co.uk. visit: www.CanvasVLE.co.uk email: info@canvasvle.co.uk call: 0800 358 4330 |
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Booth 25 Mike Payne - Grosvenor VAT Consultants Mike has been involved in VAT for over 31 years. He was a VAT Inspector for 17 years, and then joined a national firm. Mike now operates his own consultancy business from which he is able to provide more flexible and practical advice. He advises the AELP on VAT matters regularly giving seminars, attending conferences and exhibiting, to provide a readily accessible source of VAT advice to Training Providers, who suffer severe complexities in the application of VAT. His fee structures encourage providers to seek advice, where possible fees being tied to successful application of more cost effective and appropriate treatment. visit: www.grosvenorvatconsultants.com email: mpayne@grosvenorgroup.biz call: 0845 130 6380 |
Booth 26At Skillsfirst, we design and develop qualifications which inspire people to fulfill their personal goals and drive their careers forward. Skillsfirst Assess is approved to offer end-point assessment for the following apprenticeship standards: • Adult Care Worker • Lead Adult Care Worker • Customer Service Practitioner • Team Leader/Supervisor We are working collaboratively with an ever-growing number of employers to provide a service which gives apprentices the opportunity to achieve their best possible outcome. Please come and speak to us to find out more. visit: www.skillsfirst.co.uk email: call: 0121 270 5100 |
Booth 27Parkhouse Bell is an international executive search and interim management organisation. We specialise in the Skills, Further Education, Employment Services and Healthcare sectors, enabling organisations to unlock the potential of the commercial sector by brokering access to new talent and skills. We provide executive search services for senior and board level appointments, tailored recruitment for permanent and interim professional and managerial roles and are the market-leading head hunter of senior talent for the Apprenticeship Levy. We are a relationship-led business committed to ensuring we have a deep understanding of our markets, employers and candidates. The independent customer review site Review Centre consistently ranks Parkhouse Bell as one of the UK’s best recruitment organisations. Our mission is to provide world-class recruitment and consultancy solutions that enable employers to flourish, and our candidates to maximise their career potential. We operate in the UK, Middle East and Australia. visit: www.parkhousebell.com email: matt.wells@parkhousebell.com call: 020 7242 4890 follow: @parkhousebell |
Booth 28 Learning Curve Group is delighted to exhibit at the AELP National Conference and showcase the services we currently offer to 130 FE Providers. These include:
visit: www.learningcurvegroup.co.uk email: jon.cummins@learningcurvegroup.co.uk call: 01388 777129 |
Booth 29 Protocol has supplied quality recruitment and staffing solutions to the Education and Training Sector for over twenty years. We deliver Assessors, Workplace Trainers, Lecturers, Business Support and many other roles on both flexible agency contracts and on a permanent basis. Since 2009 Protocol has had a dedicated assessment service which has allowed us to shape what we can offer to our clients to accommodate the changing demands within the sector. We also offer flexible payment solutions that reflect the ever-changing Apprenticeship market. Protocol understand that it’s not just about the delivery; it’s about delivering the right apprenticeships efficiently, reliably and to the highest possible standard. At Protocol, we always go the extra mile through innovative staffing solutions and focusing on the quality of our service provision. We have developed the very best IT platforms specifically tailored to providers, allowing us to deliver the highest standard of service, focused on candidate quality, monitoring and compliance visit: www.protocol.co.uk email: joconnor@protocol.co.uk call: 07795 256 277 |
Booth 30StreetGames (www.streetgames.org) is an award-winning national sports charity launched in 2007. A national partner of Sport England and a national centre of expertise for developing sport in disadvantaged communities, the charity helps to make sport accessible to all young people, regardless of their income or social circumstances. It does this by supporting and establishing local projects around the UK that deliver doorstep sport, i.e. positive activities and sport provided to young people when they want it, where they want it and how they want it. Over 2.4 million attendances have already been generated by StreetGames projects. StreetGames’ ongoing work to change sport, communities and lives has been recognised by The Chief Medical Officer’s Public Health Awards, The Charity Awards, The Business Charity Awards and Beyond Sport. Additionally, in 2011, StreetGames’ Chief Executive Jane Ashworth was awarded an OBE for services to community sport. These commendations demonstrate StreetGames’ effectiveness in sport and wider impact on crime, health and personal and community development. visit: www.streetgames.org call: 0161 707 0782 follow: @StreetGames |
Booth 31Highfield Qualifications is a global leader in compliance and work-based learning qualifications and end-point assessment, and winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. visit: www.highfieldabc.com email: info@highfieldabc.com call: 01302 363277 |
Booth 32 FE Week is a weekly newspaper serving the further education and skills sector. The paper is a lively read, offering a mixture of news, expert comment, features, technical information, job adverts, coffee break snippets and more. It is written for middle and senior management working in colleges and independent training providers, and those interested in this sector, including government, policy shapers and other service providers. We will again be producing and distributing a dedicated supplement during the AELP annual conference in partnership with NCFE, so look out for us and say 'hi'. Subscription is from just £75 per year, and you can find out more at www.feweek.co.uk visit: www.feweek.co.uk email: news@feweek.co.uk call: 020 8123 4778 |
Booth 33 Smart Apprentices is an award winning, innovative suite of technologies purposely designed for approved training providers delivering apprenticeships and end point assessment organisations. The new employer levy presents an opportunity for apprenticeship training providers to transform their relationship with employers, Smart Apprentices have technologies designed to support you every step of the way. visit: www.smartapprentices.com email: danny.taylor@smartapprentices.com call: 07712 515907 |
Booth 34 Celebrating 50 years in 2014, Trainsure has grown to become the UK’s leading provider of insurance to the Training Industry. As specialists in our field, we know that Insurance requirements for work based learning providers are unique and diverse, so we work with our clients to provide flexible, practical solutions to meet their needs. We currently look after over 600 clients nationwide including many members of AELP. The insurance market has changed dramatically over the last few years with an ever increasing number of Insurer’s products. Trainsure is able to cater for all your insurance needs and many of our clients have found working in partnership with us of great value in these times of change, as having an in depth understanding of your industry is invaluable when arranging insurance. Trainsure are proud to announce our continued working relationship with AELP having agreed an exclusive package of benefits for AELP Members! So, if you wish to discuss this further or arrange a meeting to review your existing insurance policies, please contact Wayne Cowley on the details below. visit: www.trainsure.com email: waynec@trainsure.com call: 01274 206500 |
Booths 35 & 36 Innovate Awarding is a national awarding organisation regulated by Ofqual and Qualifications Wales, with a passion for doing things differently. We are working alongside FE colleges, training providers and employers to revolutionise the way in which qualifications and assessment services are delivered. We are on the Education and Skills Funding Agency register for end-point assessment organisations and have a rolling programme of applications for other apprenticeship standards as soon as they become ‘ready for delivery’. visit: www.innovateawarding.org email: contactus@innovateawarding.org call: 0117 314 2800 Twitter: @Innovate_Awards |
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Booth 38 Carley Consult is a multi-award winning bid management consultancy. We specialise in all areas of competitive tendering, including sourcing tender opportunities, bid strategy and readiness, bid writing, bid review and training. We have core expertise in the Further Education, work based learning, and vocational skills sectors, supporting FE colleges, independent training providers, and Sector Skills Councils, as well as working directly with AELP. We have recently supported a client to win multiple multi-million pound ESF Skills Support for the Workplace contracts. We have assisted several clients to successfully register onto RoTO and RoATP, and supported multiple clients with the ESFA’s recent Adult Education Budget tender round. Our international experience includes supporting clients to win Australian Apprenticeship Support Network funding. We estimate that every £1 invested by our clients in our bid services, we deliver an average return of over £200 in new funding secured. visit: www.carleyconsult.com email: info@carleyconsult.com call: 01302 361630 Twitter: @CarleyConsult |
Booth 39Youth Employment UK is the leading campaign and membership organisation dedicated to tackling youth unemployment in the UK. Young people are at the heart of what we do. We have a growing network of over 15,000 Young Professional Members, support more than 350 organisation members and represent our membership through the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Youth Employment and across our work with DfE and DWP. We are experts of best practice when it comes to engaging, recruiting and retaining young people and recognise youth friendly employers with our national Talent Match Mark. Visit us at our stand at the AELP Conference to find out more about our work and how we can support your organisation. visit: www.yeuk.org.uk email: info@yeuk.org.uk call: 0844 4143101 |
Booth 40ForSkills is the market leader for on-line assessment and diagnostic software for English and Maths in the post-16 vocational sector. Our customers are mainly training and apprenticeship providers, corporations with direct delivery of training and FE colleges. More than 7 in 10 learners at training providers use our products and services. We are best known for English and maths in the post-16 sector, providing a complete on-line solution covering screening, initial assessment, diagnostics and e-learning. For those occasions where on-line access and use is impractical, we support our solution with superb paper based and app based assessment options. The fastest growing part of our business is driven by SkillsPortfolio, a competitively priced, full service e-portfolio system that integrates app and web-based tutor and learner journey activities specifically designed to meet the needs of assessors, tutors and learners in the post-16 sector and is always supplied with your own branding and pre-loaded with all your qualifications. ForSkills is part of the NCFE group of companies. visit: www.forskills.co.uk email: info@forskills.co.uk call: 01623 709818 follow: @ForSkills |
Booth 41 As a provider of granular Labour Market Intelligence, Emsi’s aim is to equip Independent Training Providers and Colleges with the insight they need to make good strategic business development decisions. We are currently partnering with around 100 education providers in the UK, helping them better understand the needs of the labour market in which they operate, and providing them with the data they need to find real solutions to the challenges they face… From a more competitive market, to the need to grow apprenticeships; from the need to better understand the needs of the business community, to the need for more effective employer engagement; from the need of better alignment with LEP priorities, to the need to win business through effective funding bids. Rising to these challenges will require making better business development decisions, which in turn will require better insight. visit: www.economicmodelling.co.uk email: info@economicmodelling.co.uk call: 07701325453 |
Booth 42 BIIAB are fast becoming the Awarding Organisation and Apprentice Assessment Organisation of choice for Work Based Learning Providers, FE Colleges and Employers. We offer over 220 Qualifications and Apprenticeship Frameworks in 25 “Service” Sectors, including:
Our Quality Assured Delivery (QAD) Packs will support your ‘on-programme’ delivery for the new Apprenticeship Standards and help you to evidence that your learners are EPA ready. For further advice, guidance and support, please contact: visit: www.biiab.org email: gareth.phillips@bii.org or james.wingerath@bii.org call: 01276 684449 |
Booth 43 CognAssist was founded on the principle of making the world of learning more inclusive for neurodiverse learners. Developed in partnership with leading neuropsychologists, CognAssist is an identification and support tool for neurodiverse learners with additional learning needs. In addition to supporting the learner directly, CognAssist provides training on neurodiversity to help your team broaden their knowledge of how to optimise their teaching for neurodiverse learners with additional learning needs. CognAssist is a product by e-Quality Learning, an organisation which supports over 10,000 disabled individuals per year, and delivers over 22,000 hours of training to students and employees to develop skills and improve productivity. e-Quality Learning specialises in supporting those with learning difficulties to succeed in education and employment, and as a result of their innovative approach they see fantastic results, with 97% rating their experience as good or excellent. visit: www.cognassist.com email: info@cognassist.com call: 0191 230 6688 / 07930 465 805 |
Booth 44 Supporting over 500,000 users worldwide, OneFile is the UK's leading learning and development software – and winner of the 2017 Queen's Award for Innovation. We're the only learning platform that brings training and assessment together – allowing users to track their entire learning journey from initial enrolment to end-point assessment. After over a decade of innovation and development, OneFile has become a multi-faceted learning platform, with more features than any other on the market. OneFile is a training eportfolio, an assessment software, a CPD tracker, a dynamic reporting suite and a virtual learning environment – so users can access all the training tools they need in one place. OneFile is for everyone, everywhere. From apprenticeship training to professional development, OneFile can be used for all types of vocational training. And with a fully native app, users can use OneFile anytime, anywhere, on any device. visit: www.onefile.co.uk email: hello@onefile.co.uk call: 0161 638 3876 |
