Apprenticeships

Halfon: No need for apprenticeship levy controls despite budget squeeze

Minister also takes aim at business groups and national media peddling fake news about 'wasted' levy funding

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships diversity still lags and now is the time to act

National Apprenticeships Week and Race Equality Week happen at the same time – a coincidence that should speak volumes...

JL Dutaut
Payal Bhavsar
Apprenticeships, Long read

Apprenticeships could make medicine careers more accessible and cheaper – but the stakes are high if it goes wrong

Expanding degree apprenticeships is a hot political priority, with an ambition for them to widen access to a variety...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships

‘Gamechanger’: UCAS to begin advertising apprenticeships

DfE confirms students will be able to search and apply for apprenticeship vacancies on UCAS site from 2024

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships, Long read, Skills bootcamps

How HGV bootcamps helped to ease a skills crisis

FE Week looks at whether the HGV driver crisis remains and what the impact has been on apprenticeships

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships, Training Providers

Defence giant Babcock offloads part of its training business

New training provider Inspiro has launched following the sale of Babcock's 'non-core' training business and closure of its assessment...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

DfE’s website rejects apprenticeship adverts for using ‘head’ and ‘man’

Officials are 'urgently' investigating the vacancies site

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships, Colleges, Subcontracting

College fails to file accounts for fourth year

Union raises transparency concerns and calls on leaders to open up the books

Billy Camden
Billy Camden