Apprenticeships

IFS calls for uniform subsidy rate for apprenticeship levy

Economists also warn that Labour’s plan to expand the levy risks ‘significant deadweight costs’

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Apprenticeships, Colleges, Long read

Darren Hankey, Hartlepool College

Darren Hankey is keen for his students to grasp the tantalising opportunities to acquire net zero skills that are...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Party Conferences 2023

Keegan ‘focussed’ on ‘wasteful’ apprenticeship drop outs

'I can’t understand why they [completion rates] are not 99%. Who would give up that opportunity?'

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship levy turns into Treasury ‘cash cow’

Transparency demands mount amid skills crisis

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Higher education

£40m fund launched to fix ‘market failures’ in degree apprenticeships

Unlike previous funds, providers new to degree apprenticeships can bid for a slice

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

DfE records £96m apprenticeship underspend in 2022-23

Just 4% of the total budget was handed back to Treasury

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Revealed: Funding band changes from IfATE’s ‘top’ 100 review… so far

59 apprenticeship reviews complete, but other 41 standards yet to be identified

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Retail apprenticeships provider ‘disappointed’ after Ofsted grade 4

Inspectors critiqued Northern Training Academy’s ‘poor’ training to big-name retailers

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

6% of apprenticeship providers eligible for ‘ludicrous’ expert group

Leaders hit out at DfE's 'dangerous' pilot name and strict criteria that excludes most providers

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel