The Education Select Committee has published its report entitled The apprenticeships ladder of opportunity: quality not quantity, examining both the quality of current apprenticeship provision and the effectiveness of training monitoring. The report focuses on the twin challenges of improving apprenticeship quality and promoting social justice. Read more about the report’s recommendations via FE News here. Comment on the recommendations from AELP is here, from the AoC here, from FE Week here, and from the Skills Minister, Anne Milton here.
Meanwhile the CBI has made its own views known on the apprenticeship system in advance of the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget Statement.