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Deliver more apprenticeships, Zahawi tells college leaders

Currently around 30% of apprenticeships are delivered by colleges.

News, Apprenticeships

Zahawi announces slowing down of BTECs cull

The exit requirements for English and maths in T Levels will also be relaxed

News, Qualifications

Interview: Tom Richmond

His name, and the name of his think tank, gets everywhere. How is one man who left teaching twice so influential in the busy world of education policy? You have to admire Tom Richmond’s nerve. There aren’t many teachers who, after three years in the classroom, decided the Department for Education was messing up, thought […]

Profiles

Five ways Michelle Donelan can grow degree apprenticeships without a cheque book

Remove a ton of restrictions and stop focusing on 18-19-year-olds, writes Mandy Crawford-Lee In her recent evidence to the education select committee, Michelle Donelan was clear that the government wants more degree apprenticeships.   The minister for higher and further education even went so far as to say she was looking at financial incentives to encourage […]

Opinion

Labour shortages: logistics, retail and construction on what needs to happen next

Sector bodies want greater flexibility in the apprenticeship levy as well as more level 2 provision

News, Apprenticeships, Qualifications

NHS trust apologises as it exits the apprenticeship market

An NHS trust has left the apprenticeship provider market following a highly critical Ofsted report. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) was branded ‘inadequate’ in its first full inspection report published this week. Inspectors found a litany of problems at the provider, which was training almost 200 apprentices, including poor subcontracting oversight, […]

News

A tertiary future for Wales

The commission will have the power to institute a register of providers and establish quality assurance frameworks

News, Wales

Richard Branson’s Virgin Care training arm takes off with top Ofsted marks

Inspectors lauded apprentices for ‘outstanding resilience’ during the pandemic

News, Ofsted

Scrapping BTECs is bad for levelling up and for BAME students

It’s difficult to see how reducing choice at level 3 by scrapping BTECs will improve social mobility and diversity, writes Kasim Choudhry Government plans to remove funding for qualifications such as BTECs could negatively impact progression opportunities for learners and the availability of skilled labour for employers, but for BAME learners, local communities and employers it could be a bigger blow. The government recognised and promoted the […]

Opinion, Qualifications