Apprenticeships

Landing apprenticeships is easier said than done for young people

Despite growing demand, the number of apprenticeships for under-19s is falling. It’s time for better signposting and support for...

Jessica Hill
Alice Gardner
Apprenticeships

Level 7 starts spike as employers race to beat funding axe

Early data shows one training provider has already recruited 1,000 more leadership apprentices

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Pair of Swiss-owned training providers suddenly close

Thousands of apprentices affected as Woodspeen Training and Jarvis Training Management announce insolvency

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Redundancy shouldn’t spell end of an apprenticeship dream 

Scotland’s Adopt an Apprentice scheme kept many of those who lost their jobs on track, providing a blueprint we...

Jessica Hill
James Kimble
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Weir ‘outstanding’ again after rare double Ofsted inspection

Training provider successfully challenged provisional grade ‘in the pursuit of fairness and accuracy’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Rob May appointed as new Innovate Awarding MD

The former City & Guilds manager has been appointed to head up the awarding body arm of the Lifetime...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships

‘Less ambitious’ nursing apprenticeships pledge criticised

New target comes ahead of a 'refreshed' NHS workforce plan later this year

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, Colleges, Ofsted

College-run ITP awarded its own ‘outstanding’ 

The feat means all parts of a West Mids college group now hold Ofsted’s top grade

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Labour think tank’s radical plan to tackle apprenticeship levy’s ‘abject failure’

Give SMEs ’skin in the game’ by making more employers pay the charge, ban graduates, end the Treasury top-slice...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor