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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 […]

Logistics assessment body acquired by VTCT

VTCT has bolstered its EPA operation by acquiring Skills for Logistics

Training firm rated ‘inadequate’ kept contract despite sexual harassment reports

The provider has now “established a culture of safeguarding”, Ofsted said.

Care apprenticeships could be in line for bigger funding boost, and more from SEG conference

Ofsted also revealed it is reviewing the implementation of the education inspection framework

Qube unable to pay £3m to creditors after collapse

The large training provider suddenly closed at the end of March

Chris Claydon, CEO, JTL

Chris Claydon has a biography better suited to James Bond than to the chief executive of a training provider for building service engineers. He has flown Apache military helicopters, briefed cabinet ministers on evacuations from the Arab Spring uprisings, and helped save lives by designing countermeasures to the roadside bombs used in Afghanistan. Oh, and […]