Apprenticeships, Long read

Focus: Do employers set the bar too high for entry criteria to apprenticeships?

Employers are allowed to set their own entry criteria for apprenticeships, even though officially, no formal qualifications are needed....

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Apprenticeships

Labour ‘interested in exploring’ devolved apprenticeships funding

Labour is “interested in exploring” greater devolution of skills budgets to mayoral combined authorities, its shadow education secretary has...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Apprenticeships

Call for new ‘baccalaureate’ to replace A-levels, BTECs, T-Levels and apprenticeships

A three-year ‘baccalaureate’ should be introduced to replace A-levels, BTECs, T-Levels and apprenticeships, a think tank has said. A...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Level 2 apprenticeships functional skills flexibility extended – AGAIN

A flexibility that suspends the requirement for level 2 apprentices to study towards and sit a level 2 functional...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon