Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship starts for young people grow the most in full-year 2021/22 figures

But overall starts are still 11% down on pre-pandemic levels

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted, Training Providers

Provider censured after sexual harassment reports from construction apprentices

Prime failed to oversee safeguarding at subcontractor

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Apprenticeships

Making it easier for SMEs to take on apprentices at top of skills minister’s agenda

But she is yet to be party to departmental conversations about making this happen

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Ofsted leaves a bitter taste for online-only dental school

Ofsted reported that no apprentices will finish their course in time

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships

Prisoner apprenticeships: The start of a new policy paradigm

The introduction of apprenticeships for prisoners is not just a landmark win for social justice, writes John Thornhill, but...

JL Dutaut
John Thornhill
Apprenticeships

New funding rule for breaks in employment WILL apply to existing apprentices

The DfE published version two of the apprenticeship funding rules today

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Prison education

First prisoners start work as apprentices after change in law

Up to 300 prisoners are expected to be recruited onto apprenticeships by 2025

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Grade 4 leadership and management apprenticeship firm considers Ofsted legal challenge

A new leadership and management training provider that quickly recruited over 600 apprentices is considering legal action against a...

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Small businesses should pay into an ‘apprenticeship and skills levy’, says think tank

Radical shake-up of apprenticeship levy proposed by EDSK says small firms should pay into the pot

Jason Noble
Jason Noble