Further and higher education, skills and vocational training

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

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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. Check if a university or college is officially recognised

   Recognised bodies, listed bodies, recognised universities, accredited higher learning institutions, bogus degrees

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Guidance and regulation

1. Universal Credit and students
   • Detailed guide
   • 11 April 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions
2. Apprenticeship funding rules
   • Detailed guide
   • 10 May 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
3. Search for apprenticeship standards
   • Detailed guide
   • 3 November 2017
   • Closed organisation: Institute for Apprenticeships
4. Higher and degree apprenticeships
   • Guidance
   • 27 February 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
5. Register of end-point assessment organisations
   • Detailed guide
   • 12 June 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency

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News and communications

19 June 2019 — Correspondence

ESFA Update: 19 June 2019

Education and Skills Funding Agency

1. Young engineer Ahmed takes national title
   • 19 June 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Press release
2. AoFA Qualifications (AoFAQ) Special Conditions (Amended): 10 June 2019
   • 18 June 2019
   • Ofqual
   • Decision
3. Education Secretary confirms T Level roll-out from September 2020
   • 18 June 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Press release
4. ESFA calls on small and medium sized apprenticeship employers and supporting training providers to help develop the apprenticeship service
   • 14 June 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Traineeships: evaluation
   • 19 June 2019
   • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Education
   • Research
2. FE learners and apprentices survey
   • 13 June 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Research
3. Vocational and other qualifications quarterly: January to March 2019
   • 13 June 2019
   • Ofqual
   • National statistics
4. Vocational qualifications dataset
   • 13 June 2019
   • Ofqual
   • Statistical data set
5. Review of the online learning and artificial intelligence education market
   • 10 June 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Funding for the delivery of T levels
   • 18 June 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 19 February 2019
2. Review of Post-18 Education and Funding: call for evidence
   • 30 May 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 02 May 2018
3. Improving further education workforce data: call for evidence
   • 23 May 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 20 July 2018
4. Provider funding for the delivery of T Levels equality assessment
   • 18 June 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Impact assessment
5. Memorandum of understanding: Baker Dearing Educational Trust and DfE
   • 7 June 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Funding allocations to training providers: 2017 to 2018
   • 7 June 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
   • Transparency
2. Strategic college improvement fund: successful applicants
   • 6 June 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
3. Post-18 review of education and funding: supporting statistics
   • 30 May 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
4. Uplift factors and postcode files
   • 14 May 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
   • Transparency
5. 16 to 19 subcontracting
   • 8 May 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Department for Education
2. Education & Skills Funding Agency
3. Department for Work & Pensions
4. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
5. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

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1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2. HM Treasury
3. Ministry of Defence
4. Cabinet Office
5. Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
6. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
7. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
8. Department of Health & Social Care
9. Further Education Commissioner
10. Ministry of Justice
11. Government Economic Service
12. HM Revenue & Customs
13. Department for Transport
14. Central Arbitration Committee
15. Department for International Trade
16. Government Equalities Office
17. Race Disparity Unit
18. UK Atomic Energy Authority
19. Civil Service Resourcing
20. Crown Commercial Service
21. Department for International Development
22. Marine Management Organisation
23. Office for Artificial Intelligence
24. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
25. Teaching Regulation Agency
26. Coal Authority

1. Ofqual
2. Ofsted
3. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
4. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
5. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
6. Sellafield Ltd
7. UK Hydrographic Office
8. Defence Equipment and Support
9. Environment Agency
10. Natural England
11. Dounreay
12. Government Internal Audit Agency
13. Highways England
14. Innovate UK
15. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
16. Magnox Ltd
17. Radioactive Waste Management

Explore sub-topics

1. Adult and community learning
2. Apprenticeships, traineeships and internships
3. Careers guidance in further and higher education
4. Education in prisons
5. Further and higher education courses and qualifications
6. Further education financial management and data collection
7. Further education funding
8. Learning Records Service (LRS)
9. Running a further or higher education institution
10. T levels