This Autumn whether you are stepping into a new role, refreshing your practice, looking to build knowledge, or keeping pace with evolving trends in the apprenticeship landscape, the UVAC team has a full calendar of events for you this autumn.

For professionals engaged in higher and degree apprenticeships, higher technical education, professional skills, and work-based learning, our programme of online webinars and workshops—alongside regular networking events and our flagship National Conference in November—offers a wealth of opportunities to connect, learn, and grow.

How to use newly launched CFO Toolkit– webinar

UVAC has launched a dedicated CFO Toolkit to support finance leaders and colleagues in understanding the value of apprenticeships within Higher Education.

There is still time to register now for a 2-hour deep-dive session on 29 September 2025, offering practical tools, guidance, and case studies to support effective financial planning, forecasting, and delivery.

Register

 UVAC Black Box Online Workshops

As part of the development of the resources and recorded sessions being added to the UVAC Black Box, we are expanding our offer for our first two topic areas into live workshops for member organisations and their staff.  

UVAC Members are invited to register for the following workshops:

Successful Practice in Apprenticeship Delivery – First Teaching Session 

Wednesday 15 October

Industrial Strategy and Sectors 

Friday 31 October – A series of back to back, dip in and out sessions on each one of the Industrial strategy sectors run sequentially from 9 am onwards throughout the day.

Successful Practice in Apprenticeship Delivery –First Progress Review 

Wednesday 5 November

Webinars

This autumn’s webinar programme includes sessions that share good practice, highlight emerging priorities, and explore opportunities to grow revenue, strengthen positioning, and champion work-based learning portfolios.

Coming up in October

Embedding Effective Recognition of Prior Experience & Learning

Wednesday 2 October 

Spatial Skills – Regional Skills & Partnerships

Thursday 9 October

Effective Data Quality Management – Using PDSAT

Thursday 16 October

Preparing for On-Programme Apprenticeship Assessments – Authentic Assessment

Thursday 23 October 

Making the Most out of Modular Content

Thursday 30 October 

DAKN

UVAC Knowledge Networks provide a collaborative forum for higher education (HE) practitioners, staff, and academics to collaborate and discuss apprenticeships, the HE skills landscape and other technical and professional qualifications.

Online Knowledge Network meetings coming up this term:

Quality in Nursing Apprenticeships Network

15th September 2025

Higher Education Tripartite Professionals

17 September 2025

Quality in Allied Health  Apprenticeships Network

13th October 2025

UVAC ‘STATE OF THE NATION’ 

Friday 17 October 

Policy and UVAC Team Updates: This is a chance to catch-up on the UVAC perspectives on apprenticeship and skills policy and happenings in Government relating to the industrial strategy, LLE and the Growth and Skills Levy in addition to exploring UVAC’s membership support and plans for AY 2025/26.

Register

National Conference

Join leading voices in higher and degree apprenticeships, higher technical education, professional skills, and work-based learning as we explore the  theme  CHANGE – Creating and 

Book your ticket for UVAC’s national conference on Thursday 20 November, ICC, Birmingham. Available to the wider sector as well as UVAC members.

https://uvac.ac.uk/events/