Apprenticeships, Young people

An urgent call to demystify apprenticeships

As we approach exam results, the option for a young person to undertake an apprenticeship needs to be a...

Shane Chowen
Anne Milton
Young people

NEET 16: Out of work and training 16-year-olds at highest level in nearly a decade

Number of 16-year-olds not in education, employment or training highest since 2012

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Young people

How can ITPs support learners with complex mental health needs?

Many learners tell us mainstream school negatively affected their mental health and that they need more support now, writes...

Jess Staufenberg
Zoe Whitmore
Assessment, Young people

Now’s the time to support students with revision and exam stress

Here are five ways to talk to your learners about coping with high-stakes assessment, writes Lesley French As many...

Jess Staufenberg
Lesley French
Training Providers, Young people

ESFA pleads for more traineeships as recruitment struggles continue

Ministers criticised for using traineeships as a ‘sticking plaster’ to make up for lack of a national strategy

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform, Young people

DfE reveals plan to scrap thousands of level 2 and below qualifications

Courses that are 'too narrowly focused' such as plumbing or bricklaying face the chop

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education, Young people

Sustainability is now the ‘fourth functional skill’

Students at AELP’s first-ever green skills summit say sustainability should be learnt alongside English, maths and digital, writes Nichola...

Jess Staufenberg
Nichola Hay
Young people

Spending rules for 16-19 increase ‘sensible and proportionate’, say leaders

Here's how colleges and training providers will be allowed to spend extra 16-19 study programme funding next year.

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Young people

Levelling up: Plans for ‘elite’ new sixth forms and skills ‘mission’

Education and skills policies from the much anticipated levelling up white paper will also include a new 'future skills...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden