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Further and higher education, skills and vocational training

University and college qualifications. Apprenticeships, traineeships and internships. Funding for further education providers.

Services

  1. Find an apprenticeship

    Register your profile, search vacancies and apply for an apprenticeship - you must be 16 or over

  2. Become an apprentice

    Becoming an apprentice - what to expect, apprenticeship levels, pay and training, making an application, complaining about an apprenticeship

  3. Recruit an apprentice

    Advertise apprenticeship vacancies and manage applications. This service is for training organisations, not employers

  4. What qualification levels mean

    Find the difficulty level of a qualification and compare qualifications across different countries.

  5. Employing an apprentice

    How to take on an apprentice as an employer, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Search for apprenticeship standards
    • Detailed guide
    • Institute for Apprenticeships
  2. Apprenticeship funding bands
    • Guidance
    • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  3. LRS organisational portal
    • Guidance
    • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  4. A guide to apprenticeships
    • Guidance
    • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  5. Universal Credit and students
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Work and Pensions
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News and communications

News story

Higher education expert to review TEF

Department for Education

  1. Top college leaders to help strengthen further education sector
    • Department for Education
    • News story
  2. Education and Sport were GREAT in Ashgabat exhibition
    • World news story
  3. Government boosts student choice with two-year degrees
    • Department for Education
    • News story
  4. Construction industry to benefit from major skills boost
    • Department for Education
    • News story
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Research and statistics

  1. Identifying FE teacher comparators
    • Department for Education
    • Research
  2. Post-16 education: outcomes for disadvantaged students
    • Department for Education
    • Research
  3. FE learners and apprentices survey
    • Department for Education
    • Research
  4. College staff survey: 2018
    • Department for Education
    • Research
  5. Apprenticeships in England by industry sector
    • Department for Education
    • Research
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Accelerated degrees: widening student choice in higher education
    • Department for Education and Office for Students
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 11 February 2018
  2. Regulating Basic Digital Skills Qualifications
    • Ofqual
    • Open consultation
    • Closing date 13 January 2019
  3. Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework: subject-level
    • Department for Education
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 21 May 2018
  4. Review of TEF: terms of reference
    • Department for Education
    • Policy paper
  5. Accelerated degree courses: assessment of impact
    • Department for Education
    • Impact assessment
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Further Education Commissioner: annual report 2017 to 2018
    • Department for Education
    • Corporate report
  2. Strategic college improvement fund: successful applicants
    • Department for Education
    • Transparency
  3. List of declared subcontractors
    • Education and Skills Funding Agency
    • Transparency
  4. NEET data by local authority
    • Department for Education
    • Transparency
  5. Participation in education and training: local authority figures
    • Department for Education
    • Transparency
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Organisations

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