Across the Further Education (FE) sector, training providers and colleges are under more pressure than ever to ensure their apprenticeship documents are compliant, whilst reducing admin and delivering a smooth, professional experience for learners and employers. But for many, the apprenticeship process is still weighed down by paperwork – printed forms, wet signatures, and manual … Continued
Apprenticeship funding rules give further education colleges and training providers a huge choice of options for how documentation can be signed and stored. Flexibility and choice can be a good thing, but it also leaves providers exposed to risk if the security measures they put in place are later found to be insufficient. Department for … Continued
Use of insufficiently-secure electronic signatures on documents was one of the reasons a further education college had to repay thousands of pounds of government funding. It’s a story that highlights the risks to organisations using electronic signatures without robust security and compliance measures in place. The issue boils down to whether an electronic signature is … Continued