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
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships: Bounce-back stalls and disparities persist

The post-pandemic bounce-back in apprenticeships starts doesn’t appear to be sustained and age disparities continue to widen, writes Lisa...

JL Dutaut
Lisa Morrison Coulthard
Apprenticeships

Care leaver apprentice bursary to triple to £3,000

DfE also pledges to support local authorities to recruit up to 500 new child and family social worker apprentices

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
AEB, Apprenticeships, Long read

Andy Street reveals ‘deeper devolution’ hopes under trailblazer deal

With a landmark new devolution deal due any day, West Midlands mayor Andy Street tells what he plans to...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Ofsted chief calls for reversal of declining early years apprenticeships

Amanda Spielman warns that using apprentices to replace experienced early years practitioners isn't fair to learners or children

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships, Skills reform

‘Shorter type’ of apprenticeship for over-50s eyed by chancellor in economic growth plans

Jeremy Hunt plans talks with education secretary on over 50s in apprenticeships

Jason Noble
Jason Noble