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All-party parliamentary group on apprenticeships calls for pay reform

Pay for apprentices should be far more flexible, increasing in line with their experience and level of qualification, the...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Exclusive : Taylor review into ‘Modern Working Practices’ calls for more flexible training

A hotly anticipated government review of employment practices is to call for apprenticeship and loan funding to be made available for “modules”...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
Bulletin

National charity pilots deaf apprenticeship programme

The National Deaf Children’s Society is taking on deaf apprentices for the first time in an effort to open...

FE Week
FE Week
News

Employers slam “inordinately long” development time for apprenticeship standards

Employer groups have complained about the “inordinately long time” it has taken to develop the new apprenticeship standards, some...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

ESFA is jeapordising degree apprenticeships

The ESFA’s approach to the allocation of apprenticeship funding for non-levy employers undermines the apprenticeship reforms and specifically, degree...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

How to improve apprenticeship completion rates

Apprentices need to understand why completion is so important, and this needs to be led from the top, says...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Conservatives are lying about 3m apprenticeships for young people

The Conservative manifesto has repeated the pledge from 2015 to “deliver our commitment to create 3 million apprenticeships for...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

C&G Group buys apprenticeship agency in effort to corner nuclear industry

The nation’s largest training provider to the UK civil nuclear industry has been bought out by the City &...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Ambassador vows to ‘beat drum’ over small business fears

The government’s small business apprenticeship ambassador will “continue to beat the drum” over fears that limited access to funding...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord