A Decade of Impact: Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards Celebrate 10 Years of Inspiring Change at Landmark London Event Friday 7th November 2025 – Over 700 guests gathered at the Hilton London Metropole for the 10th annual Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards, marking a decade of celebrating the nation’s most inspiring apprentices and the employers, learning providers, and institutions that champion them.
AELP conference: DWP seek to soothe over apprenticeship reform Employers spooked as ITPs raise brand damage fears
Changing how we deliver teaching will ease FE’s workforce crisis Success with online learning during the delivery of bootcamps shows how a hybrid model can solve staffing shortages
White paper fails to put employers at the centre of our FE universe The skills white paper sets out plenty of ideas, but no unifying vision. If skills are the engine of growth, employers must be the ones in the driving seat
EPA reform: changes inevitable, but not unfamiliar Change is coming and, as always with FE, it’s seemingly inevitable. I’ve spent over 20 years working in the sector. In that time, I’ve seen NVQs, the Qualifications Credit Framework, Apprenticeship Frameworks, and Apprenticeship Standards.
Providers must join official register to offer new ‘apprenticeship units’ DWP skills director also confirms new short course content will come from existing apprenticeship standards
AQA buys Realise Training in latest vocational expansion Exam body snaps up large apprenticeship and training provider from private equity sellers
‘One bad employer’ blamed for provider’s ‘inadequate’ Ofsted result Inspectors found few apprentices released from work for off-the-job training
Unqualified apprentices could pass under assessment reforms, employers warn Skills England pauses pilot of changes after construction leaders claim ‘sampling’ plans will lead to a ‘race to the bottom’