When is an apprentice not an apprentice?

Graham Hasting-Evans considers whether Lord Sugar’s quest for simply an ‘apprentice’ rather than, for example, a higher or intermediate...

Safeguarding at ‘heart’ of new common inspection framework

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued 22 improvement and prohibition notices to general FE colleges in the...

Scrapping of QCF ‘small but not insignificant step for mankind’, Ofqual boss tells MPs

The unpicking of the qualifications and credit framework (QCF) was a “small but not insignificant step for mankind”, Ofqual...

Politics in Education

Producing hit album is a buzz for Patrick

A North East college lecturer has proved he can still hit the right notes with music fans, after quitting...

Internships help students with learning difficulties find long-term employment

Kirklees College is piloting a work placement scheme for young people with learning disabilities geared towards helping them find...

Teenager’s space opera rocks

A budding composer from Richard Huish College has written and conducted his own rock opera aged just 17 years...

Let larger firms share levy funding with small employers, says FSB

Large employers should be able to hand out apprenticeship funding earned under the government’s proposed new levy system to...

Minister says Ofsted apprenticeships review likely to highlight ‘quite a lot of bad practice’

An upcoming Ofsted review of apprenticeships is likely to lay bare “quite a lot of bad practice,” Skills Minister...