Apprenticeships

Labour think tank’s radical plan to tackle apprenticeship levy’s ‘abject failure’

Give SMEs ’skin in the game’ by making more employers pay the charge, ban graduates, end the Treasury top-slice...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Skills reform

First ‘technical excellence colleges’ named in £100m construction skills drive

Colleges in every region of England will lead new hubs to train 40,000 workers by 2029

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Level 7 apprenticeship cuts are death blow for HE and social mobility

The axing of Level 7 apprenticeships funding doesn’t just strip HEIs of critical revenue – it destroys hard-won industry...

Jessica Hill
Ernest Edifor
Ofsted

JCB Academy breaks ground with Ofsted grade 1

‘Exceptional’ teaching found at construction and engineering provider

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
AI

A copy-and-paste into AI opens up a new shadowy world of risk

For providers handling sensitive funding and learner data, invisible ‘shadow AI’ poses GDPR, security and reputational risks that can’t...

Jessica Hill
Rien Sach
Skills reform

Make post-16 an ‘integrated’ tertiary system – report

EPI calls for ‘holistic’ tertiary education system ahead of imminent post-16 white paper

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
The Staffroom - opinion

How apprenticeship coaches can bridge the NEET gap

'I’ve been where you are’: How lived experience in apprenticeship coaching can help make the shift from NEET to...

Jessica Hill
Wasim Collins
Apprenticeships

Assessment reforms ‘just a correction’, says Bauckham

New apprenticeship assessments solve 'problems' with current EPA model

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Ofqual’s apprenticeship assessment reforms: A bold shift with big implications

While greater flexibility and innovation are welcome, challenges around cost, consistency, and transition remain

Jessica Hill
Daniel Green