Apprenticeships, Colleges

Colleges want to bring apprentice assessment in-house to ease delays

AoC claims large numbers are waiting 3 months or longer - but EPAO representative questions figures

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Politics, Skills reform

Employers losing patience on apprenticeship levy reform

Comes as minister warns of fiscal restraints forcing ‘tough decisions’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Politics

Minister clams up on level 6 funding as front benches clash in heated debate

Shadow minister slams 'absolutely unreal' lack of clarity on non-apprenticeship levy funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Start broad and end narrow as a blueprint for apprenticeships

Let’s turn apprenticeships ‘ladder’ into a fruit-bearing tree with root and branch reform

Jessica Hill
Jonathan Bourne
Apprenticeships

The long and short of it is apprenticeships must deliver

Whatever their length, apprenticeships should be designed and delivered to develop occupational competence

Jessica Hill
Dr Fiona Aldridge
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Teesside Uni maintains ‘outstanding’ after ‘significant’ apprenticeships expansion

Higher education provider lauded by Ofsted for 'transformational impact'

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

DfE’s revised 2023-24 apprenticeship budget was ‘99% spent’

Apprenticeships director warns of 'tough choices to make on what we can fund in the future'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Long read

Lessons from our apprentices

The Association of Apprentices convened a roundtable for apprentices to tell us about their training and views on current...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships

Give stakeholders a voice in end-point assessment reforms

The DfE’s new end-point assessment principles provide an opportunity for improvement – if there’s commitment to a collective approach

Jessica Hill
Kelle McQuade and Steve Smith