Apprenticeships

Are assessment reforms a safety risk we can’t afford?

The government’s drive to streamline apprenticeship assessment may look efficient on paper, but employers warn it risks dismantling the...

Jessica Hill
Justine Fosh and Ann Watson
Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships

More employer groups gear up to fight assessment shake-up that 'risks damaging the brand and driving employers away'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Let’s stop treating school apprenticeships as second-class training routes

Apprenticeships have been overlooked in the education world, yet they’re quietly transforming how we recruit, train and retain talent

Jessica Hill
Monique Macauley
Apprenticeships

Accounting needs to modernise so we can tackle the skills gap

Our skills report reveals businesses increasingly need strategic input from accountancy teams but are struggling to train staff for...

Jessica Hill
Sarah Beale
Apprenticeships

Degree apprenticeships less accessible to disadvantaged young people than Russell Group unis

Research reignites warnings that the route risks becoming 'another middle-class preserve'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

AELP conference: DWP seek to soothe over apprenticeship reform

Employers spooked as ITPs raise brand damage fears

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Judge finds no grudge as DfE defeats Marples’ £37m 3aaa claim

A full report on the High Court showdown's conclusion

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

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

Jessica Hill
Mark Dawe
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

DfE sets out apprenticeship intervention rules for new Ofsted regime

Sanctions on poor-performing training providers will be considered on a case-by-case basis as Ofsted's new inspection regime beds in

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen