Employer Exchange
Employer Exchange is brought to you by Amazing Apprenticeships and the GENIE programme.
We have designed these sessions to help to keep you up to date with the latest policy developments, and to be able to discuss with experts, and other employers, the impact this may have for your apprenticeship programmes.
Our meetings are free of charge to join and packed with useful insight!
Register For October 2026 Employer Exchange
Join our autumn ‘Employer Exchange – What to expect in the year ahead’ webinar on 8th October 2026.
2026/27 is set to be a huge year of change for apprenticeships and skills, with the government focused on pivoting the system to deliver better for young people and employers. Our first Employer Exchange of the new academic year will be hosted by Anna Morrison CBE, Director of Amazing Apprenticeships and expert speaker, Simon Ashworth, Deputy CEO of AELP. Together they will discuss the latest policy activity and help to make sense of what it means in practice for employers.
June 2026 Employer Exchange
Watch our third Employer Exchange of 2026, where Anna Morrison CBE, Director of Amazing Apprenticeships, is joined by Simon Ashworth, Deputy CEO of AELP, to help make sense of the latest policy activity and what it means in practice for employers.
March 2026 Employer Exchange
Watch our second Employer Exchange of 2026, where we are joined again by the fantastic Simon Ashworth, Deputy CEO of AELP to help understand the latest government plans around apprenticeships and skills. This session will follow National Apprenticeship Week, and has been scheduled to coincide with the various government announcements that are due in February and March.
January 2026 Employer Exchange
Watch our sixth Employer Exchange session. We were joined by Simon Ashworth (AELP), who discussed the latest developments, announcements and upcoming policy changes in the world of apprenticeships and skills, and what this all means for businesses, and how these changes might affect apprenticeship plans and workforce development opportunities.
October 2025 Employer Exchange
Watch our fifth Employer Exchange webinar where worked through what some of the recent announcements mean for you as an employer, and how you might approach some of these changes within your organisation.
Hear from Anna Morrison, Director of Amazing Apprenticeships and Simon Ashworth, Deputy CEO of AELP.
June 2025 Employer Exchange
Watch June’s webinar where we work through what some of the recent announcements mean for you as an employer, and how you might approach some of these changes within your organisation.
Hear from Anna Morrison, Director of Amazing Apprenticeships and Simon Ashworth, Deputy CEO of AELP as we discuss and debate the impact of:
- The 2025/26 funding rules (more interesting than it sounds!)
- Foundation Apprenticeships
- The return of Business Admin. Level 2
- Level 7 (if we know by then….)And much more!
February 2025 Employer Exchange
Following a busy few weeks of government announcements bringing significant changes to apprenticeships with regards to English and maths, End Point Assessment and Shorter Duration apprenticeships – there are a lot of questions for employers to work through.
Watch this Employer Exchange where we work through what these announcements mean for you, and to think through how you might approach some of these changes within your organisation. Hear from leading industry experts and apprenticeship employers working within the sector to understand the big things you should be asking yourself, your training providers and your wider organisation.
January 2025 Employer Exchange
In this session we discuss what Foundation Apprenticeships (FAs) are, who they’re aimed at, the potential design and focus of the programme and how you might consider introducing them to your apprenticeship offer.
December 2024 Employer Exchange
In this first Employer Exchange webinar, Amazing Apprenticeships’ Director, Anna Morrison, and special guest, Simon Ashworth, Deputy CEO of AELP, discussed the latest policy developments and announcements in the world of apprenticeships and skills.
The session explored 4 chapters around changes to the skills system in 2025, including:
- The creation of Skills England
- The Growth & Skills Levy
- Foundation & Shorter apprenticeships
- Other key things to look out for in 2025
Join The Genie Programme
The Genie Programme is our flagship social mobility and D&I training programme for apprenticeships professionals. It’s a unique, 12-month programme that empowers leading organisations to understand complex social mobility, diversity and inclusion issues, and to use apprenticeships to diversify workforces and improve social impact.