Further and higher education, skills and vocational training
University and college qualifications. Apprenticeships, traineeships and internships. Funding for further education providers.
Services
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Find an apprenticeship
Register your profile, search vacancies and apply for an apprenticeship - you must be 16 or over
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Become an apprentice
Becoming an apprentice - what to expect, apprenticeship levels, pay and training, making an application, complaining about an apprenticeship.
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What qualification levels mean
Find the difficulty level of a qualification and compare qualifications across different countries.
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Check if your university or college can award a degree
Recognised bodies, listed bodies, recognised universities, accredited higher learning institutions, bogus degrees
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Find a traineeship
Apply for a traineeship in England - get ready to work or an apprenticeship
Guidance and regulation
- Checking the status of your student finance application
- Free courses for jobs
- Universal Credit and students
- Apprenticeship funding rules
- Pay Apprenticeship Levy
News and communications
- Amanda Spielman at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2023
- ESFA Update: 8 March 2023
- Información para el concurso "Embajadora por un Día" 2023
- Salute inspiring Hampshire pair on International Women’s Day
- Student finance to be radically transformed from 2025
Research and statistics
- Vocational qualifications dataset
- Vocational and other qualifications quarterly: October to December 2022
- National Careers Service satisfaction and progression surveys: 2021 to 2022
- Local skills dashboard
- Review of the evidence on numeracy skills interventions for adults
Policy papers and consultations
- Updating Qualification Level Conditions for T Level Technical Qualifications
- Regulating level 2 and below qualifications supporting progression to higher levels of study
- Introduction of T Levels
- T Level action plan
- Lifelong loan entitlement: impact assessment
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Free courses for jobs: provider list
- HS2 vocational qualifications report, 2021 to 2022
- Adult Education Budget (AEB) postcode files
- Providers delivering T Levels and the T Level transition programme
- Uplift factors and postcode files
Organisations
- Ofqual
- Ofsted
- Sellafield Ltd
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- Dounreay
- High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
- Security Industry Authority
- Student Loans Company
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- Magnox Ltd
- Environment Agency
- Nuclear Waste Services
- UK Hydrographic Office
- Defence Equipment and Support
- Natural England
- The Charity Commission
- Competition and Markets Authority
- Council for Science and Technology
Explore sub-topics
- Adult and community learning
- Apprenticeships, traineeships and internships
- Careers guidance in further and higher education
- Education in prisons
- Further and higher education courses and qualifications
- Further education financial management and data collection
- Further education funding
- Learning Records Service (LRS)
- Running a further or higher education institution