Skills Minister Accepts 16-19 Funding Pressures

The skills minister Anne Milton, has admitted to being “very aware of the funding pressures” that 16-to-19 providers are under, even though the government has today confirmed the rate will not change in 2018/19. Click here for more.

ESFA Updates Apprenticeship Guides

The ESFA has updated its general Guide to Apprenticeships – which provides information on the opportunities, progression and benefits of doing an apprenticeship with case studies from real apprentices. The guides to Higher & Degree Apprenticeships have also...

Halfon Opens Education Select Committee Skills Debate

Robert Halfon, current Chair of the Education Select Committee has opened the debate in Westminster Hall by talking about skills in employment, social justice and skills shortages highlighted by the Edge Foundation in a report published 8 May, and also about skills in...