Apprenticeship levy

Reform is coming for the apprenticeship levy — but what it needs is a revolution  

Consensus is growing for change in apprenticeships. Marius Ostrowski sets out some bold ideas to reshape employer investment in...

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Marius S. Ostrowski
Apprenticeships

Don’t leave young people out of the apprenticeship conversation 

Young people need more help if we are to turn their growing awareness of apprenticeships into genuine opportunity

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Jo Saxton and Oli de Botton
recruitment

FE recruitment hasn’t changed for 20 years. This year it must

Responding to ongoing challenges will require providers to adapt – and recruiters can and should be enablers in that...

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Amir Qureshi
Accountability

‘Prepared, not scared’: Why Ofsted should rethink inspection training

The watchdog's opposition to pre-inspection preparation and training is well-intentioned but harmful

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Kerry Boffey
Staffroom - Opinion

Using everyday tech to support learners with additional needs

Teaching learners with additional needs how to make use of the tools at their disposal supports their learning and...

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Georgina Davies
Equality and diversity

Working with employers to make apprenticeships more accessible to autistic learners

Apprenticeships can extend opportunities and diversify our workforce – but employers need support to make it happen. Here’s how...

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Paul Scales
Equality and diversity

Time for government to end racial inequalities in apprenticeships

It’s Race Equality Week as well as National Apprenticeships Week, and there’s more in common to their agendas than...

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Jeremy Crook
Apprenticeships

The numbers don’t lie; apprenticeships are a success story for opportunity

Our Ronseal apprenticeship model delivers ‘exactly what it says on the tin’ – but we will continue to improve...

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Robert Halfon MP
Functional skills

We must ensure functional skills are fit for the future

Reforms have made FSQs indistinguishable from GCSEs and turned them into a barrier to progress

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Paul Warner