Opinion

Which Party conference was more focused on apprenticeships and skills?

Skills and apprenticeships were centre stage at one of the party conferences, says Gemma Gathercole, while being relegated to...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

How will the new apprenticeship standards be quality assured?

We recently hosted a roundtable discussion on the benefits of the levy and our new hospitality standards, organised by...

John Hyde
John Hyde
News

The unstoppable rise of management apprenticeships

Management is now the third most popular apprenticeship subject, and analysis by FE Week suggests it will rocket to...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Search begins for chair of the Institute for Apprenticeships

The hunt is on for the first permanent chair of the Institute for Apprenticeships, while potential candidates have been...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Fairness fears over college apprenticeship groups

Industry insiders fear that new apprenticeship college training groups could unfairly distort the market and divert government cash away...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Apprenticeship funding reforms: May 1, 2017 contingency coming?

There is a sad inevitability to the repeated delays to the unrealistic timetable for apprenticeship reforms. So much of...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Funding reform roll-out in 2017 still on track, insists DfE

There will be no delay to apprenticeship funding reforms, the government has insisted, despite growing concerns in the sector...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Ofsted picks Damar to train its apprentices

Ofsted is using just one training provider for its new cohort of 31 apprentices, FE Week can reveal. The...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

#SaveOurApprenticeships rally planned for Labour Party conference

FE Week will hold a special rally in support of its #SaveOurApprenticeships campaign at next week’s Labour Party conference...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord