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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
Opinion

The Tories are letting the country down on apprenticeships funding

Theresa May hasn’t been Prime Minister for very long, so we can’t expect her to know the detail of...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Is this the new dawn for apprenticeships?

While apprenticeship expansion is very welcome, let’s hope it’s not derailed by some of the disastrous aspects of the...

John Hyde
John Hyde
News

How easy is it to become a registered training provider?

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) was scheduled to open a new, ‘tougher’ Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RATP) to...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Counter-fraud measures underway for apprenticeship funding programme

Counter-fraud measures are to be set up for the apprenticeship funding programme, the government has insisted, amid warnings from...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke