Apprenticeships

School and college builders will have to hire apprentices, DfE claims

Constructors will be required to offer training opportunities through their contracts

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

‘Clearance style’ apprenticeship pilot to be run by mayors

It comes after plans for apprenticeship applications to be made through UCAS were dropped

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

Britain needs fewer rip-off degrees and more apprentices

It’s time to turbo-charge apprenticeships and give young people real choice about their futures

Jessica Hill
Saqib Bhatti MP
Apprenticeships

Poorer students miss out on a golden ticket. We can fix that

The middle classes are dominating degree apprenticeships. There’s so much more we can all do to level the playing...

Jessica Hill
Ned Browne
Apprenticeships

My son made me think differently on apprenticeship assessment

Seeing my son’s daunting experience of assessment made me think differently about reform. Rigour matters, but so does common...

Jessica Hill
Mike Blakeley
Apprenticeships

There’s an easy way to stop some small firms shunning apprentices

The government’s apprenticeship growth ambitions sound bold. But without serious engagement from the small and medium-sized employers who create...

Jessica Hill
Alice Gardner
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are heading for a cliff edge, and ministers should know where it leads

Tilting levy funding towards younger learners may sound simple, but blunt cuts and cliff-edge defunding would choke off progression,...

Jessica Hill
Ben Rowland
Apprenticeships

DfE revises approach to Ofsted grades in apprenticeship accountability framework

Three ‘supplementary indicators’ have also been suspended, and the past planned end date measure has been refined

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Disadvantaged apprentices more likely to drop out, researchers find

New study also warns of a ‘wage penalty’ associated with apprenticeship withdrawals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel