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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What qualification levels mean
Find the difficulty level of a qualification and compare qualifications across different countries.
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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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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 regulated qualification
Check if a qualification is regulated and what level it is on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF)
Guidance and regulation
- Apprenticeship funding rules
- Free courses for jobs
- Universal Credit and students
- Find out if you need an ATAS certificate
- Checking the status of your student finance application
News and communications
Research and statistics
- Local skills dashboard
- Skills needs in selected occupations over the next 5 to 10 years
- Participation Survey 2021–22 annual report
- Widening participation in higher education: 2022
- Evaluation of the level 3 free courses for jobs offer
Policy papers and consultations
- Implementing a new FE funding and accountability system
- Reforms to further education (FE) funding and accountability
- Updates to the End-Point Assessment Qualification Level Guidance
- Review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 in England: impact assessment
- Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: impact assessment
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Uplift factors and postcode files
- Post-16 Capacity Fund: successful applications
- Further Education Capital Transformation Fund: stage 2 awards and further support
- Funding allocations to training providers: 2020 to 2021
- Funding allocations to training providers: 2019 to 2020
Organisations
- Ofqual
- Ofsted
- Sellafield Ltd
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
- Security Industry Authority
- Student Loans Company
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- Dounreay
- Magnox Ltd
- UK Hydrographic Office
- Defence Equipment and Support
- Environment Agency
- Natural England
- 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
- T levels