Unknown's avatar antlerboy - Benjamin P Taylor 9:36 am on September 8, 2025  

urgent opportunity – two versions of the Level 7 (postgraduate level) Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship – levy-funded for those employed and working >50% of their time in England

urgent opportunity – two versions of the Level 7 (postgraduate level) Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship – levy-funded for those employed and working >50% of their time in England

I occasionally forget to promote my own systems | complexity | cybernetics relevant things here. I’ve been deeply involved – though as a second-team participant – in the development of the SCiO professional standard, Apprenticeship standard and trailblazer, apprenticeship delivery, end-point assessment etc.

The Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship provided by Cherith Simmons, with SCiO providing trainers as an agency service, is taking on what could be the final cohort VERY SOON – https://cherithsimmons.co.uk/apprenticeships/leadership-and-management/stp/

At the end of this year, the government is removing the specific funding for this apprenticeship (£18,000 per head) – though the qualification will remain, and you can access many of the modules here – https://www.systemspractice.org/courses

AND NOW, we have developed a specific variation – in collaboration with the Public Service Transformation Acadmey:

Leading and Commissioning for Outcomes in Complexity: Convening Systems Change

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If you are employed and work >50% of your time in England, you can get Levy funding for this version of the Systems Thinking Practitioner Level 7 Apprenticeship, delivered by Cherith Simmons with expertise from the PSTA and SCiO, the professional body.
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We have now uploaded all the slides and content from our recent webinar at https://link.redquadrant.com/thebestapprenticeship and added Q&A.

We are targeting cohort start dates on Friday 10 October and Friday 5 December if there is sufficient demand. The briefing session will take place on Tuesday 30 September.
Contact us directly info@publicservicetransformation.org to have an informal one-to-one chat about content applicability etc, or email enquiries@cherithsimmons.co.uk to ask about levy funding or begin the registration process.

[With apologies for cross-posting]

I’d be grateful if you could spread the word on this – and of course if you might be interested, do sign up 😊
Link to my LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_2025-08-20-commissioning-and-leading-for-activity-7369118675318034433-qH87