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.

• What qualification levels mean

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

• Check if your university or college can award a degree

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

• Find a traineeship

  Apply for a traineeship in England - get ready to work or an apprenticeship

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Guidance and regulation

• Free courses for jobs
  • Detailed guide
  • 4 April 2022
  • Department for Education
• Universal Credit and students
  • Detailed guide
  • 4 March 2022
  • Department for Work and Pensions
• Apprenticeship funding rules
  • Detailed guide
  • 27 May 2022
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Find out if you need an ATAS certificate
  • Detailed guide
  • 14 May 2021
  • Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Pay Apprenticeship Levy
  • Detailed guide
  • 13 May 2021
  • HM Revenue & Customs

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News and communications

• Making our apprenticeship system simpler for employers, training providers and apprentices
  • 27 May 2022
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • News story
• ESFA Update: 25 May 2022
  • 25 May 2022
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • Correspondence
• Skills boost for local communities
  • 25 May 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• ESFA Update: 18 May 2022
  • 18 May 2022
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • Correspondence
• Government suspends engagement with the NUS over antisemitism
  • 13 May 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Technical education learner survey
  • 26 May 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Research on early delivery of the T Level Transition Programme
  • 26 May 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Apprenticeship evaluation 2021: learner and employer surveys
  • 26 May 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Understanding current and future skills needs
  • 25 May 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Independent report
• Opportunities and challenges of improving labour market information
  • 25 May 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

• Consultation on designing and developing accessible assessments
  • 12 May 2022
  • Ofqual
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 24 January 2022
• Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill: impact assessment and ECHR memorandum
  • 12 May 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Impact assessment
• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: strategic guidance
  • 29 April 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper
• Civil Service Apprenticeships Strategy, 2022 to 2025
  • 28 April 2022
  • Civil Service and Government Skills and Curriculum Unit
  • Policy paper
• Introduction of T Levels
  • 21 April 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Funding allocations to training providers: 2021 to 2022
  • 19 May 2022
  • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • Transparency
• HS2 vocational qualifications report, 2020 to 2021
  • 25 April 2022
  • Department for Transport and High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Corporate report
• Strategic Development Fund and Local Skills Improvement Plans pilots
  • 19 April 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• Further Education Capital Transformation Fund: stage 2 successful applicants
  • 4 April 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• International qualified teacher status (iQTS): privacy notice
  • 30 March 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency

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Organisations

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

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

• Ofqual
• Ofsted
• Sellafield Ltd
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• Security Industry Authority
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Dounreay
• Magnox Ltd
• Student Loans Company
• UK Hydrographic Office
• Defence Equipment and Support
• Environment Agency
• Natural England
• Council for Science and Technology

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• 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