Training Providers, Young people

What a waste: sector exasperated as £65m for traineeships is handed back to Treasury

Provider procurement delays to blame, says minister

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Training Providers, Young people

Apprenticeship starts recovering to pre-pandemic levels, DfE data shows

But traineeships are still struggling to take off

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

BTEC funding to be debated in parliament after petition hits 100k signatures

Over 20,000 people signed the petition in just two days

Will Nott
Will Nott
Training Providers, Young people

Traineeships flop: less than half 16-18 expansion cash allocated

Less than half of the £30 million earmarked for the government’s 16-to-18 traineeships market entry exercise is set to...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

Labour: BTECs defunding delay ‘doesn’t go far enough’

Kate Green has called for a four-year moratorium on scrapping any applied general qualifications

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

Zahawi announces slowing down of BTECs cull

The exit requirements for English and maths in T Levels will also be relaxed

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Apprenticeships, Young people

Labour shortages: logistics, retail and construction on what needs to happen next

Sector bodies want greater flexibility in the apprenticeship levy as well as more level 2 provision

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Young people

Labour warns BTECs cull could hit healthcare and retail hardest

'We want to ensure every young person can gain a level 3 qualification whether through A-levels, T Levels, BTECs...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

Scrapping BTECs is bad for levelling up and for BAME students

It’s difficult to see how reducing choice at level 3 by scrapping BTECs will improve social mobility and diversity, writes Kasim Choudhry...

Jess Staufenberg
Kasim Choudhry