Apprenticeships

Functional skills for adults are too vital to give up on

Adult literacy and numeracy rates are already woeful, let's not make them even worse by scrapping functional skills for...

Jessica Hill
Stephen Evans
Apprenticeships

English and maths rule scrapped for adult apprentices, DfE confirms

Ministers also reveal the apprenticeship minimum duration will be reduced from 12 to 8 months

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Public relations training firm rated ‘outstanding’

Apprenticeships provision at international PR company lauded for ‘exceptional’ leadership

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships serve the public – so devolve them

Whitehall holds too much power and big employers have learned to game the levy

Jessica Hill
Baroness Alison Wolf
Apprenticeships

DfE to relax functional skills rules for apprentices

Ministers expected to announce major rule change imminently

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

If we want better outcomes, we must listen to apprentices

Our survey reveals what apprentices value most, and least, about their training

Jessica Hill
Emily Rock
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships: Level 2 starts lowest in four years

Growth in higher level apprenticeships mask falls in level 2 and under 19s

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Cost and complexity turn providers off degree apprenticeships

The long-term future of degree apprenticeships hinges on the government’s ability to tackle regulatory, financial and engagement challenges

Jessica Hill
Andrea Laczik
Apprenticeships

Wolf’s apprenticeship proposals would be a devolution howler

Employers are best placed to lead training needs – and Baroness Alison Wolf’s idea of devolving funding to local...

Jessica Hill
Ben Rowland