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Small businesses outline ‘serious concerns’ with stretched apprenticeship budget

The Federation of Small Businesses has raised “serious concerns” about the apprenticeship budget and claims “over a quarter of...

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
Opinion

Why is there no T-Level pathway for sport?

Elite sports is one of the hardest industries to break into, yet there are no plans for any technical...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Whitehall can’t manage apprenticeship reforms alone

The reforms to apprenticeships have so far been demonstrably disastrous, says Simon Ashworth, who is pleading for a serious...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

The chaos of apprenticeship reform

Apprenticeships might be at the heart of the Government’s industrial strategy, but delays in the register of approved providers...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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Breaking: Full Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers finally published

Almost 75 per cent of applicants to the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers were successful, the Skills Funding Agency...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Dear minister, it’s time to come clean on apprenticeships cuts

With the government attempting to hide or downplay the scale of their funding cuts, there is a huge gulf...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

The government must go much further with reforms

The Technical and Further Education Bill is a good start, but it needs to address structural problems that will...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Opinion

Why isn’t the sector more positive about apprenticeship reforms?

While change is always unsettling, the apprenticeship reforms will do the sector a world of good, says Graham Howe....

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Not rabbit, rabbiting over apprenticeships

Mark Dawe reflects below on apprenticeship and skills minister Robert Halfon’s comments at the Conservative Party Conference on his priorities for...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson