Apprenticeships

Careers education and employer visits are key to success

Young people are aware of apprenticeships – but our research shows how better guidance at school boosts likelihood they’ll...

Jessica Hill
Oli de Botton
The Staffroom - opinion

Levy flexibility will help us meet employer needs

The City of Liverpool College's experience shows how levy reform will help SMEs and deliver green skills

Jessica Hill
Colin Salmon
Apprenticeships

How we’ll drive apprenticeship growth

Our reforms mean 10,000 more apprentices could complete their apprenticeship journey each year

Jessica Hill
Baroness Jacqui Smith
Apprenticeships

Industry collaboration and better pay boost apprenticeships

Meeting the needs of employers and trainees can reverse recent decline in apprenticeships

Jessica Hill
Samantha Ainsley
Apprenticeships

Functional skills qualifications have never been essential

Good riddance to functional skills qualifications in adult apprenticeships – it’s been putting off learners and employers in their...

Jessica Hill
Ben Rowland
Apprenticeships

Making the case for functional skills in apprenticeships  

Let's not forget just how vital functional skills are, for tackling inequality as well as boosting growth

Jessica Hill
Heather Akehurst
Apprenticeships

Functional skills for adults are too vital to give up on

Adult literacy and numeracy rates are already woeful, let's not make them even worse by scrapping functional skills for...

Jessica Hill
Stephen Evans
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Public relations training firm rated ‘outstanding’

Apprenticeships provision at international PR company lauded for ‘exceptional’ leadership

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Long read

From rival to collaboration – the key to success in FE

Wigan & Leigh college principal Anna Dawe demonstrates how collaboration is power if regions are to fully harness the...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill