This month we hosted our Higher Education (HE) User Forum, bringing together the Aptem Team and university clients to share insight and knowledge, discuss pressing issues and gather feedback on Aptem.
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The Aptem Higher Education User Forum, made up of Aptem’s University clients with representation from UVAC, met in July 2020 to discuss a range of sector issues and share insights.
Continue readingAptem awarded Innovate UK full grant funding to develop employability platform
Aptem is delighted to announce that it has been awarded £46,531 from Innovate UK to update its employability platform, Aptem Employ. The grant will help address rising unemployment from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Continue readingMWS DfE apprenticeship data article in FE News
Mark Abrahams, Head of Research and Analytics at MWS Technology, featured in a published article in FE News on the 11th February.
Continue readingAptem Area Analysis Tool renamed as Aptem Intelligence Dashboard
The Aptem Area Analysis Tool has been renamed as the Aptem Intelligence Dashboard (AID). This acknowledges the intelligence it provides to apprenticeship providers when helping them plan their apprenticeship offering. Providers have access at their fingertips to all published UK apprenticeship sector data 2017 – 2019. Data includes numbers, types and apprenticeship programmes offered and by which training provider. Users have the ability to interact with the data as desired. You may access the Aptem Intelligence Dashboard here.
Richard Alberg is the Chief Executive of MWS. He commented: “The AID is another of our interactive dashboards. It is designed to enable those in the sector to have greater control of their apprenticeship business. At MWS, we put data at the forefront of our offering. The AID is one example of how our talented data team create tools that have a transformational impact. For the first time, providers are able to drill into Department for Education published data in a way that is truly useful to their business.”
Aptem Area Analysis Tool now contains 2017 – 2019 apprenticeship data
MWS Technology wins EducationInvestor Award 2019
We are thrilled to announce that we have been judged to be the winner of the ICT – platforms and applications category of the EducationInvestor Awards 2019.
The judges commented: “Aptem is innovative, challenging the market leader and is a focused scalable ed tech business. The company makes good use of data and machine learning without overhype of artificial intelligence. MWS/Aptem stands out as an innovative offer that works in one of the most difficult educational spaces – apprenticeships. It solves the muddle that existed in this market pre-Aptem. It looks as though MWS has created a one-stop-shop solution. Very impressive.”
“To win an EducationInvestor Award is a tribute to the accomplishments of our dedicated team. We are delighted that the judges recognised Aptem’s unique ability to transform apprenticeship delivery, affecting citizens, employers and government, and materially advancing the education sector,” commented Richard Alberg, MWS Technology’s Chief Executive.
Congratualtions to everyone who was nominated and won in the EducationInvestor Awards 2019.
The Data Challenge – Aptem launches integrated Power BI analytics
MWS has integrated Power BI into the Aptem interface. What does that mean for your business? Our latest blog tells you about our radical innovation which makes data analytics available to all our clients – with no additional specialist IT expertise needed.
Continue readingGreater insight, seamless compliance and more control over your apprenticeship delivery
Aptem clients now have more detailed insight, seamless compliance and greater control over their apprenticeship delivery with Power BI dashboards.
We are delighted to announce that we have developed four integrated Power BI dashboards. This means they can instantly access the end-to-end data that sits within their Aptem system and have the information that helps ensure compliance and puts them in control of their business.
This is a major and transformational enhancement. No other technology platform can deliver this as integrated dashboards since Aptem is the only end-to-end system, with a separate database per training provider. View our short explainer video here.
The four Power BI dashboards are:
Compliance Dashboard – live
The Compliance dashboard provides an overall picture of how compliant your learners are in regards to a number of key compliance elements. MIS/compliance officers can see, at a glance, where there may be gaps in your compliance documentation and, used alongside your own internal compliance audit procedures, will assist towards ensuring compliance for ESFA funding purposes.
Caseload Dashboard – live
The Caseload dashboard has been designed to allow you to get an overall picture of each of your case owner’s (assessor’s) learners. The dashboard will provide the key delivery metrics needed to ensure that each learner is being seen and progressed as required and should identify learners who may need additional resources in order for them to achieve their qualification in a timely manner.
Ofsted / Quality Dashboard – live
At a snapshot and in real-time, you can see your data for Ofsted at any point, before, during or after a visit. The information provides details on previous Ofsted reports and ESFA funding allocations (if published) and is filterable on the fly. As you move around the data, it dynamically moves with you, so you can drill down wherever you want. Don’t wait until Ofsted ask – be prepared and pre-empt questions from Ofsted.
Financial Dashboard – live
This dashboard allows you to see an indication of the funding that should be due to you for learners completing Standards or Frameworks. The dashboard shows estimated income for previous and forthcoming claim periods. It also gives a high-level breakdown of the component elements of each learner’s funding claim. You can review overall claim amounts and YTD figures as well.
Integrated Power BI dashboards are a transformational resource for your organisation. To learn more, please email hello@aptem.co.uk.
Reducing the stress of Ofsted visits
Ofsted visits are notoriously stressful – if you’re caught off guard, staff can end up in a panic trying to reconcile all the data and information to present to Ofsted. Aptem instils a sense of calm with a selection of features that drive, and effectively demonstrate to Ofsted, progression and development.
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