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

• 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.

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Guidance and regulation

• 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

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News and communications

• 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

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Research and statistics

• 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

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Policy papers and consultations

• 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
• Regulatory arrangements for the awarding of vocational and technical and other general qualifications in 2020-2021
  • 24 March 2021
  • Ofqual
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 11 March 2021
• 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

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• 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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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Education & Skills Funding Agency
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

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• Department of Health & Social Care
• Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Ministry of Defence
• Further Education Commissioner
• HM Treasury
• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Cabinet Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Public Health England
• UK Atomic Energy Authority
• Government Economic Service
• Department for International Trade
• Department for Transport
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Social Mobility Commission
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Central Arbitration Committee
• Government Equalities Office
• Office for Artificial Intelligence
• Race Disparity Unit
• Crown Commercial Service
• Government Digital Service
• Government Internal Audit Agency
• Government Office for Science
• Marine Management Organisation
• Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
• Teaching Regulation Agency
• Coal Authority

• Ofqual
• Ofsted
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Sellafield Ltd
• Security Industry Authority
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Dounreay
• High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• UK Hydrographic Office
• Defence Equipment and Support
• Environment Agency
• Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
• Magnox Ltd
• Natural England
• Radioactive Waste Management
• Council for Science and Technology
• Highways England
• Innovate UK

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• Careers guidance in further and higher education
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