Apprenticeships

Labour must focus on apprenticeship completion rates

Sir Keir Starmer's pledge to shatter the class ceiling must start with an honest look at why apprentices are...

JL Dutaut
Mark Bremner
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

‘Almost all’ B&M apprentices left training, Ofsted finds

Inspectors rates large retailer B&M apprenticeship programme as ‘inadequate’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, Apprenticeships, Training Providers

Babington to cut over 100 staff in ‘strategic realignment’

New CEO scraps AEB, bootcamps and some apprenticeships

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Engineering training provider scoops another ‘outstanding’

Inspectors praise TTE Training's 'highly ambitious curriculum' and 'relentless' focus on safeguarding

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Apprenticeships

Big employers back call for ‘off-the-job’ name change

'Confusing' title is exacerbating high withdrawal rates

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Long read

A break with tradition: the crafts fighting for survival

The biggest losers in the government’s mission to boost apprenticeships are traditional crafts for whom the term “apprenticeship” was...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships

Nearly 1 in 6 clinical training places to be offered as apprenticeships by 2028

NHS workforce plan commits to triple the number of apprentice nurses and boost medical degree apprenticeships

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Germany beats England hands down on apprenticeships, so what can we learn?

The looming general election gives the sector a chance to take the lead in shaping the next stage of skills policy, writes Graham...

JL Dutaut
Graham Hasting-Evans
Apprenticeships, Politics

Perkins pledges additional spending on SME apprenticeships

Labour's plan to replace the apprenticeship levy won't reduce SME apprenticeships, the shadow minister said

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen