Apprenticeships

SMEs frustrated as DfE refusal to reset non-levy cap halts apprenticeship starts

Employers reveal they are being forced to cancel recruitment plans and turn apprentices away

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Don’t solely blame ‘the careers system’ for low apprenticeship starts 

Many of the issues putting young people off apprenticeships are in the control of employers and providers, not careers...

Jess Staufenberg
Laura-Jane Rawlings
Apprenticeships

Shock as half of apprentices drop out

Expert says there would be 'national outcry' and independent inquiry if this happened with A-levels

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

2020/21 apprenticeship achievement rate hits 57.7% – and just 51.8% for standards

Almost half of learners on the new-style apprenticeship standards failed to successfully complete their programme last year, new figures...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Revised 2019/20 apprenticeship achievement rates reveal huge drop

The overall achievement rate for apprenticeships in 2019/20 has fallen to 57.5 per cent – 6.7 percentage points lower...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Government criticised for axing public sector apprenticeship target

Officials accused of 'throwing in the towel' after confirming the move today

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

FE Week asks the skills minister: are apprentices paid enough? 

'It's better than it looks on paper', says Alex Burghart

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Treasury plays down apprenticeship levy review

Employer and skills bodies want clarity over 'bizarre' backtrack

Billy Camden
Billy Camden