Apprenticeships

Funding obstinacy is killing off apprenticeships that are crucial to our economy

The HGV & Bus and Coach Standards Trailblazer Group has been working with IfATE to rectify a serious funding...

JL Dutaut
Karen Bailey
Apprenticeships

Reinvigorating the apprenticeship brand isn’t all about funding – but that would help too

We need to see an uplift in the separate funding rate, writes Sue Pittock, but there’s plenty more that...

JL Dutaut
Sue Pittock
Apprenticeships

Student loan changes don’t make apprenticeships more attractive – but they do change the game

New university student loan terms won’t impact student choice, says Tony Pitchford, but they do signal a bigger shift towards careers-led education

JL Dutaut
Tony Pitchford
Apprenticeships, Long read, net zero, Skills reform

Chris Claydon, CEO, JTL

Chris Claydon has a biography better suited to James Bond than to the chief executive of a training provider...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Long read

1 in 10 established apprenticeships fail to recruit a single apprentice

Employers speak out about "risk averse" training providers and "complex processes" preventing apprenticeship recruitment

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Long read, Skills reform

Investigation: Why care training is in crisis, and the solutions are falling short

The social care system is at breaking point with more than 165,000 vacancies. The government wants more apprentices to...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Higher education

Degree-level apprenticeship spending hit half a billion last year

Costly courses swallowed a fifth of DfE's budget in 21/22

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

DfE issues final call for flexi-job apprenticeship agencies

Department confirms 'no plans' to open another application window after May 31

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships

The minimum apprenticeship duration requires reform

Having every apprenticeship last at least a year keeps everything nice and neat for policymakers and trailblazers but comes...

JL Dutaut
Mark Bremner