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

Apprenticeship levy reform must be handled with care

Any attempt to reform the levy must be done in a way that is fair and fit for the...

JL Dutaut
Nichola Hay
Apprenticeships

Behind the numbers: reassessing investment in skills and training

A new IFS report reveals a need for sector reform and offers three key considerations for policy makers eyeing...

JL Dutaut
Imran Tahir
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

£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

Why it’s easier than ever for employers to take on apprentices

Rupert Crossland digests the apprenticehip rule changes for this year and finds an emerging trend

JL Dutaut
Rupert Crossland
Apprenticeships

DfE records £96m apprenticeship underspend in 2022-23

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

Billy Camden
Billy Camden