16-19 funding to rise by 1.9% from August 2024 Uplifts won’t help teacher recruitment and retention crisis, AoC said
IfATE backtracks on public sector T Level targets Board members wanted to ‘lobby’ for placement targets but later changed their minds
Tory constituencies hit hard by apprenticeship levy introduction Apprenticeship starts are down 26 per cent in the prime minister’s constituency
First apprentices awarded ‘professional status’ post-nominals Sixteen former apprentices first to be awarded professional status through new recognition scheme
Employers warned years ago that hairdressing T Levels wouldn’t cut it Businesses flagged concerns with placements and standards early in the process – but officials overruled
WEA threatens legal action against combined authority amid grant funding row A decision to refuse to grant fund the WEA puts 70 jobs at risk
‘Shock’ as ministers suddenly scrap hairdressing and barbering T Levels Hair industry employers preferred apprenticeships to the proposed T Level
Functional skills ‘commercially unviable’, research suggests Average delivery costs still leave training providers making a loss on functional skills, even with funding increase