Apprenticeships, Colleges, Long read

Darren Hankey, Hartlepool College

Darren Hankey is keen for his students to grasp the tantalising opportunities to acquire net zero skills that are...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Retail apprenticeships provider ‘disappointed’ after Ofsted grade 4

Inspectors critiqued Northern Training Academy’s ‘poor’ training to big-name retailers

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

DfE to appoint ‘expert’ apprenticeship training providers

Stringent criteria will eliminate many of the largest from applying

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Long read, Training Providers

Private equity and training: a complicated relationship explained

The last ten years has seen a gold rush of global private equity (PE) companies seeking to make the...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Remit Training gets first Ofsted ‘outstanding’

The feat is a ‘testament to the exemplary teamwork seen among our apprentices, clients and colleagues’, says CEO Sue...

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Management apprenticeship provider loses momentum with Ofsted ‘inadequate’

We Are Momentum will launch ‘internal review’ off the back of grade 4 rating

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Degree apprentices less satisfied than full-time uni students with their course

Organisation and management of the courses were a particular concern

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Apprenticeships

Multi-million-pound donation to fund apprentice wages in ‘radical approach’ to heritage skills

The fund will cover training in the heritage sector for up to 2,700 people

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Care leadership training provider hit with ‘inadequate’ rating

Inspectors report 'systemic weaknesses' at the provider, and that it had not acted on comments made in previous Ofsted...

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein