Apprenticeships, Long read
Most apprenticeship providers don’t claim apprentice support funding due to complexity and worries a mistake could wreck their finances,…
Jessica Hill
Long read
Jessica Hill examines the triggers and FE
solutions as worsening school absenteeism
piles pressure on colleges to provide lower-
level post-16 courses
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Long read
As debates about levies, funding rules and quangos rage on, assessors working for England’s 280 end-point assessment organisations quietly…
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Long read
As the government rethinking funding for level 7 apprenticeships, Jessica Hill cross-examines the promise of solicitor apprenticeships: are they…
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Long read
Nick Smith of TTE Training sees himself as the “living embodiment” of the difference education can make. His “amazing”…
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Long read
Reforms are coming to the apprenticeship system in England and the Labour government has been showered with suggestions about…
Jessica Hill
Long read
Serial innovator Richard Alberg reveals he changed the direction of business Aptem overnight after realising machine learning was no…
Jessica Hill
Long read, Skills England
Labour quango Skills England has a mission to boost growth by fixing skills gaps,
but how can it swerve the…
Jessica Hill
Long read, Qualification fraud
The person purporting to be Adam Philip showed me “evidence” the CSCS card he was selling would evade anti-fraud…
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read
People-focused principal tells Shane Chowen that too much teaching is bad for teachers and a college’s bottom line
Shane Chowen
Long read, Students
Qasim Hussain wants a seat at the table to advise ministers on policies affecting students and say no to…
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Long read
AI tools could save training providers big bucks and improve quality. But at what cost?
Jessica Hill