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1 May 2026

Tag: apprenticeships

A DAY IN THE LIFE: Apprenticeship assessor

As debates about levies, funding rules and quangos rage on, assessors working for England’s 280 end-point assessment organisations quietly keep the apprenticeship system ticking over. They are the gatekeepers who ensure apprentices are ready for the workforce. Yet their work observing, questioning and making decisions that shape careers can go largely unnoticed. Freelance assessor Janine […]

Solicitor apprenticeships on trial: can they survive level 7 cash cull?

As the government rethinking funding for level 7 apprenticeships, Jessica Hill cross-examines the promise of solicitor apprenticeships: are they truly a gamechanger for under-represented talent, or a cheaper path for the privileged? The goal was described as “simple yet ground-breaking”… to “revolutionise the legal landscape by empowering students from diverse backgrounds to pursue a career […]

Nick Smith, chief executive, TTE Training

Nick Smith of TTE Training sees himself as the “living embodiment” of the difference education can make. His “amazing” career has so far included briefing journalists on military operations as a commando-trained Royal Navy officer, overseeing a students’ union, and taking the helm at the engineering apprenticeships provider TTE Training. In April, Smith joined the […]

Why learning from neighbours could guide our apprenticeship reforms

Reforms are coming to the apprenticeship system in England and the Labour government has been showered with suggestions about what it should do. But are there lessons England can learn from the skills paths charted in the last decade by Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? England is the outlier; it is the only one with […]