Association of Learning Providers
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The Association of Learning Providers (ALP) is a national membership organisation representing independent learning providers who carry out publicly funded skills training and welfare to work programmes in England
. The association has over 500 members which include employers, further education
colleges and voluntary organisations. The ALP supports the Government's National Scholarship Fund to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The ALP promotes apprenticeship
s and work based learning.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The association has over 500 members which include employers, further education
Further education
Further education is a term mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is post-compulsory education , that is distinct from the education offered in universities...
colleges and voluntary organisations. The ALP supports the Government's National Scholarship Fund to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The ALP promotes apprenticeship
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices or protégés build their careers from apprenticeships...
s and work based learning.