English and maths

Use reform to tailor functional skills to industry needs

We use our expertise to determine minimum literacy and numeracy levels for each apprenticeship we offer

Jessica Hill
Mike Worley
Devolution

Providers need a better roadmap as more areas enter devolution

Devolution is creating a complex maze that ITPs can sometimes get lost in

Jessica Hill
Jacqueline Oughton
Apprenticeships

Wolf’s apprenticeship proposals would be a devolution howler

Employers are best placed to lead training needs – and Baroness Alison Wolf’s idea of devolving funding to local...

Jessica Hill
Ben Rowland
Careers, Training Providers

Now it’s time for ITPs to step up on careers advice

Meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks framework of careers guidance should no longer be optional for ITPs

Jessica Hill
Kate Roberts
Long read, Training Providers

The rock ’n’ roll career of MBKB boss Mark Bremner

To some, Mark Bremner is known as the boss who lets staff at his training business take as many...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Ofsted

Training firm set to close after ‘grossly unfair’ Ofsted inspection

Derby Skillbuild CEO slams watchdog’s critique as ‘pure fiction’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Long read, net zero, Skills reform

Chris Claydon, CEO, JTL

Chris Claydon has a biography better suited to James Bond than to the chief executive of a training provider...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read

Brenda McLeish, chief executive, Learning Curve Group

From PA to chief executive, Brenda McLeish has risen through the ranks to run one of the country’s largest...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
AAC2022, Apprenticeships

As a boss of an independent apprenticeship provider, my hands are tied

FE colleges have access to capital and bailout funding, but independent providers are largely ignored, writes Iain Elliott At...

Jess Staufenberg
Iain Elliott