Advanced Learner Loan Participation Falls

The government has published participation figures for advanced learner loans for the 2017/18 year and as FE Week reports, the number of people taking out advanced learner loans last year fell by more than 8%. This has led the shadow skills minister, Gordon Marsden,...

Apprenticeship Numbers Fall by Almost a Quarter

The DfE has published the further education and skills statistics in England for the full 2017 to 2018 academic year. The figures show that apprenticeships numbers fell by almost a quarter compared to the year before.  FE Week report that the figures show there were...

Pathways into Construction Funding Opportunity

CITB are managing a Pathways into Construction funding opportunity to help address the shortage of skilled workers in the construction industry. The funding is aimed at helping under-represented groups get jobs in construction and get into training which leads to jobs...