A member of the government’s apprenticeship delivery board says opportunities at level 2 and 3 are key. Lower level apprenticeships have the potential to greatly boost productivity, according to the head of apprenticeships at Barclay’s. The number of lower level...
Richard Hines – Principal Specialist inspector at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) A demanding job in a high-pressure environment, dealing with matters of life and death daily, you might think that I’m the product of a Russell Group university...
You could be forgiven for not having heard of postgraduate degree apprenticeships, also known as level 7 apprenticeships, which were launched in March 2015 with just 30 learners. But these master’s-level programmes have big potential. The Department for...
Taking on apprentices can be a way to create exciting opportunities and intricately develop schools’ involvement in teacher training, writes one leading headteacher There’s a lot of talk about apprenticeships at the moment, including the dreaded apprenticeship...
The Skills Funding Agency has launched a new “mystery shopper” scheme to find out how prepared providers are for the new apprenticeship reforms. The announcement was made in the online SFA Update just uploaded onto gov.uk. It said: “To help us understand how...
Budget must deliver investment that schools ‘desperately need’, say heads and governors Headteachers and governors have warned of the “impossible choices” they are being forced to make because of the school funding crisis. In an open letter to the...
