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Roaring success for Derby apprenticeship provider in first inspection

Blue Lion Training Academy rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted

‘Almost all’ B&M apprentices left training, Ofsted finds

Inspectors rates large retailer B&M apprenticeship programme as ‘inadequate’

Engineering training provider scoops another ‘outstanding’

Inspectors praise TTE Training’s ‘highly ambitious curriculum’ and ‘relentless’ focus on safeguarding

West Mids to fund ‘study programmes’ for young adults

Young adults to benefit from a raft of measures set to boost the number of level 3 qualifications in the area

A break with tradition: the crafts fighting for survival

The biggest losers in the government’s mission to boost apprenticeships are traditional crafts for whom the term “apprenticeship” was initially intended. We investigate how longstanding training going back to the Middle Ages is now under threat. Crafts passed on since England’s original national apprenticeship scheme was introduced in 1563 are now considered too small in […]

Nearly 1 in 6 clinical training places to be offered as apprenticeships by 2028

NHS workforce plan commits to triple the number of apprentice nurses and boost medical degree apprenticeships

Ofsted slams apprenticeship provider for training ‘more akin to CPD’

Inspectors said apprentices already had experience of the sector so shouldn’t be eligible for apprenticeship funding

IfATE promises review of occupational standards

Standards set for review include those where updates are “needed” to support emerging skills

Destination defund: the fight to save travel and tourism courses

High-profile workforce shortages in the travel industry haven’t stopped the government’s plans to defund rafts of popular courses. Jessica Hill investigates what’s next for travel and tourism training. When stories about long queues at UK airports hit the headlines last summer, travel woes were blamed on staffing shortages across the industry. But with the government […]