Apprenticeships

Degree apprenticeships less accessible to disadvantaged young people than Russell Group unis

Research reignites warnings that the route risks becoming 'another middle-class preserve'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

AELP conference: DWP seek to soothe over apprenticeship reform

Employers spooked as ITPs raise brand damage fears

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Changing how we deliver teaching will ease FE’s workforce crisis

Success with online learning during the delivery of bootcamps shows how a hybrid model can solve staffing shortages

Jessica Hill
Mark Dawe
Apprenticeships

White paper fails to put employers at the centre of our FE universe

The skills white paper sets out plenty of ideas, but no unifying vision. If skills are the engine of...

Jessica Hill
Ben Rowland
Sponsored post

EPA reform: changes inevitable, but not unfamiliar

Change is coming and, as always with FE, it’s seemingly inevitable. I’ve spent over 20 years working in the sector....

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NCFE
Apprenticeships

Providers must join official register to offer new ‘apprenticeship units’

DWP skills director also confirms new short course content will come from existing apprenticeship standards

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Training Providers

AQA buys Realise Training in latest vocational expansion

Exam body snaps up large apprenticeship and training provider from private equity sellers

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

‘One bad employer’ blamed for provider’s ‘inadequate’ Ofsted result

Inspectors found few apprentices released from work for off-the-job training

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Unqualified apprentices could pass under assessment reforms, employers warn

Skills England pauses pilot of changes after construction leaders claim 'sampling' plans will lead to a 'race to the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden