Further and higher education, skills and vocational training

Services

Find an apprenticeship
Register your profile, search vacancies and apply for an apprenticeship - you must be 16 or over
Become an apprentice
Becoming an apprentice - what to expect, apprenticeship levels, pay and training, making an application, complaining about an apprenticeship
Recruit an apprentice
Advertise apprenticeship vacancies and manage applications. This service is for training organisations, not employers
What qualification levels mean
Find the difficulty level of a qualification and compare qualifications across different countries.
Employing an apprentice
How to employ an apprentice, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.

Student guide to awarding: summer 2021
- Guidance
- 13 May 2021
- Ofqual
Free courses for jobs
- Detailed guide
- 10 May 2021
- Department for Education
Incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice
- Detailed guide
- 7 April 2021
- Education and Skills Funding Agency
Universal Credit and students
- Detailed guide
- 15 January 2021
- Department for Work and Pensions
National Skills Fund
- Detailed guide
- 10 May 2021
- Department for Education

ESFA: Inform
- 14 May 2021
- Education and Skills Funding Agency
- Correspondence
ESFA: Business Update
- 13 May 2021
- Education and Skills Funding Agency
- Correspondence
Post Qualification Admissions reform consultation response
- 13 May 2021
- Ofqual
- Correspondence
ESFA Update: 12 May 2021
- 12 May 2021
- Education and Skills Funding Agency
- Correspondence
Universities to comply with free speech duties or face sanctions
- 12 May 2021
- Department for Education and Office for Students
- Press release

Centre judgement research: survey and interviews, summer 2020
- 17 May 2021
- Ofqual
- Research
Level 2 and 3 attainment by young people aged 19 in 2020
- 29 April 2021
- Department for Education
- National statistics
Qualifications gained at UK Higher Education Institutions: NI analysis 2019/20
- 29 April 2021
- Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- National statistics
Enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions: Northern Ireland analysis 2019/20
- 29 April 2021
- Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- National statistics
Undergraduate degrees: labour market returns by background characteristics
- 26 March 2021
- Department for Education
- Research

Consultation on autumn assessment opportunities for VTQ and other general qualifications
- 4 May 2021
- Ofqual
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 07 April 2021
Flexi-job apprenticeships: reshaping the role of apprenticeship training agencies
- 20 April 2021
- Department for Education
- Open consultation
- Closing date 01 June 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: impact assessment and JCHR memorandum
- 18 May 2021
- Department for Education
- Impact assessment
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: strategic guidance
- 28 April 2021
- Department for Education
- Policy paper
Apprenticeship funding
- 1 April 2021
- Education and Skills Funding Agency
- Policy paper

Measuring the net present value of further education in England 2018 to 2019
- 17 May 2021
- Department for Education
- Transparency
Coronavirus (COVID-19) reporting in higher education providers
- 26 April 2021
- Department for Education
- Transparency
Uplift factors and postcode files
- 6 April 2021
- Education and Skills Funding Agency
- Transparency
Adult Education Budget (AEB) postcode files
- 6 April 2021
- Education and Skills Funding Agency
- Transparency
HS2 Phase One vocational qualifications reports, 2017 to 2020
- 23 March 2021
- Department for Transport and High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
- Corporate report

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