Millions in taxpayers’ money is being used to part-fund university courses for top executives earning more than £100,000 a year, an investigation by The Independent has revealed. But what exactly is ...
The current direction of apprenticeship reform, with the removal of level 7 funding and wider restrictions under the proposed ...
SHAMING and shocking. Those are the two words that spring to mind, to describe the fiasco known as the Apprenticeship Levy. Here we are, a society where we want our young people to get on, to learn ...
Investment in training has dropped by £10.9bn since the apprenticeship levy was introduced in 2017, fresh analysis has shown, with calls growing for Labour to speed up its overhaul of skills ...
If foundation apprenticeships are to succeed, they may need reframing as genuine pre-apprenticeships: college-based starts that transition into employment, or structured work trials before full ...
The new report also highlights the wider decline in employer investment in training despite a significant rise in skill shortage vacancies, prompting calls for levy reform The number of apprentices ...
Senior industry representatives have urged the government to address issues with its apprenticeship levy, which has been criticised for being needlessly restrictive. An open letter from several ...
Report from CIPD and Youth Futures Foundation shows strong employer backing for Apprenticeship Guarantee for young people, to reverse collapse in provision for under 25s New evidence and analysis by ...
Every week there is a news item where someone is saying something about the importance of apprenticeships. The National Skills Academy for Financial Services has been working for more than nine years ...