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Apprenticeship quality not improving, says Ofsted chief inspector

The quality of apprenticeships is “sticking” instead of moving forward, according to Ofsted’s chief inspector who today urged the...

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Monthly apprenticeships update: January starts up 15% but down 21% on 2017

Apprenticeship starts for January are up 15 per cent on last year but down 21 per cent on the...

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ESFA says 30 hour cap to off-the-job calculation has always been in funding rules

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has insisted that an apparent change it made to the off-the-job training policy...

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Annual Apprenticeships Conference 2019 gets underway

Colleges, training providers and employers have flooded to Birmingham for the Annual Apprenticeships Conference (AAC) 2019 which officially gets...

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ESFA appears to have changed the apprenticeship off-the-job calculation – again

The government appears to have changed the off-the-job (OTJ) training rule again, and is now telling providers they should...

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Providers of management apprenticeships to be increasingly audited for proof they are ‘additive’, MPs told

The boss of the Education and Skills Funding Agency has promised MPs that management apprenticeships will be “increasingly” audited...

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Top DfE official tells PAC of difficult decisions to avoid apprenticeship levy overspend

The Department for Education’s top civil servant has admitted “hard choices” will need to be made in the face...

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HMRC investigations into levy underpayments more than doubles in a year

The number of HMRC investigations into the underpayment of the apprenticeship levy at big employers has more than doubled...

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The truth behind plans to cull 300 staff at England’s largest college group

England’s largest college group this week announced plans to slash up to 300 jobs across its two training providers...

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