Apprenticeships, Skills reform

DfE scraps apprentice cap for small businesses

Skills Minister Robert Halfon says small businesses can recruit as many apprentices as they need from April

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Skills bootcamps, Skills reform

HGV driver hopefuls left in the dark as DfE ends bootcamp contract

Learners waited a year for training due to dispute over financially 'unviable' flagship scheme

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

Trailblazer devolution deals focus on careers, bootcamps and free courses for jobs

Mayors for Greater Manchester and West Midlands buoyed by trailblazer devolution deal despite limited skills developments

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Adult education, Higher education, Lifelong Learning, Skills reform

Lifelong loan entitlement: Maintenance loans in and ELQ rule out

Students studying higher level courses under the lifelong loan scheme will have access to maintenance loans following years of...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

Interview: Michael Barber on delivering skills reform

Sir Michael Barber was announced as a government adviser on skills reform implementation by the chancellor in November, but...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

Keegan should stick to her guns and show BTECs both barrels

Gillian Keegan should ignore her nay-sayer predecessors and make the change that will finally deliver world-class technical education

JL Dutaut
Jon Yates
Adult education, Skills reform

Revealed: ‘Significant’ funding rate increase for some adult education courses

ESFA-funded 'priority' subjects receive uplifts but it's not good news for functional skills English and maths

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Skills reform

‘Shorter type’ of apprenticeship for over-50s eyed by chancellor in economic growth plans

Jeremy Hunt plans talks with education secretary on over 50s in apprenticeships

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
BTECs, level 3, Skills reform, T Levels

Ministers accused of level 3 backtrack

More than half of reformed AGQs will be scrapped by government edict, new analysis reveals

Billy Camden
Billy Camden