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Size matters when it comes to apprenticeships

By introducing apprenticeship units alongside shorter duration apprenticeships, the government may have stumbled onto a rare thing – a genuinely effective scale economy strategy in public skills policy

Civil service misses own apprenticeships goal

New FOI data also shows government failed to hire enough apprentices from disadvantaged backgrounds

Apprenticeships can staff from front desk to the front line of digital

Apprenticeships give businesses a cost-effective way to upskill admin workers into digital and social media roles

Her PET project

For 30 years Fleur Sexton has led training provider PET-Xi, with its staff of largely neurodiverse leaders and can-do attitude to learners. She tells Jessica Hill how a crisis-induced pivot from adult education is bringing a fresh opportunity to help young people It’s a special day today at PET-Xi, a small training provider that specialises […]

Let’s ensure that apprenticeship reform doesn’t set us back a decade

A lack of detail about upcoming reforms means skills sector partners are not speaking with one voice

Revealed: DfE’s special payments to providers after funding blunder

Wheels in motion for convoy of claims after unprecedented payouts

Lindsay Conroy appointed Association of Apprentices CEO

The former UCAS apprenticeships lead will replace Emily Rock

£100bn digital ID contract is a Blair faced lie, says Multiverse

‘We are not an app provider, even for £100 billion…’

Achievement rate is a broken metric. It’s time to judge apprenticeships by pass rates

For too long, achievement rates have distorted what quality in apprenticeships really means, punishing providers who take risks and serve those who need them most. If Ofsted is serious about quality, the pass rate – not retention – should take centre stage