Apprenticeships, Colleges, Ofsted

College-run ITP awarded its own ‘outstanding’ 

The feat means all parts of a West Mids college group now hold Ofsted’s top grade

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Labour think tank’s radical plan to tackle apprenticeship levy’s ‘abject failure’

Give SMEs ’skin in the game’ by making more employers pay the charge, ban graduates, end the Treasury top-slice...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

NHS to save level 7 apprenticeships from funding axe

‘Mitigation fund’ launched for five health and social care professions

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

CareShield exits apprenticeships to protect learners from staff shortages 

Sector-wide challenges made it 'increasingly difficult' to deliver high-quality training, provider’s leaders say

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

DfE raids budgets to cover ‘landmark’ apprenticeships overspend

Experts warn that further ‘trade-offs’ may need to be made in future

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship changes are a moment to refine, not rewind

Reform can feel unsettling, but DfE’s apprenticeship assessment changes aren’t something to fear. They're something to shape.

Jessica Hill
Katie Orr
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship starts rise as tax and wage hikes come into force

But adverts fall while vacancies begin to plummet

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Higher education

Level 7 apprenticeship cuts are death blow for HE and social mobility

The axing of Level 7 apprenticeships funding doesn’t just strip HEIs of critical revenue – it destroys hard-won industry...

Jessica Hill
Ernest Edifor
Apprenticeships

Dozens of apprenticeships granted ‘transitional’ off-the-job hours

DfE releases full list of standards that will benefit from four-month breathing period for providers

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel