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. Apprenticeship funding rules
   • Detailed guide
   • 15 March 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
2. Apprenticeship funding bands
   • Guidance
   • 17 April 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
3. Search for apprenticeship standards
   • Detailed guide
   • 3 November 2017
   • Closed organisation: Institute for Apprenticeships
4. Universal Credit and students
   • Detailed guide
   • 11 April 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions
5. Higher and degree apprenticeships
   • Guidance
   • 27 February 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency

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News and communications

18 April 2019 — News story

Universities urged to boost support for armed forces

Department for Education and Ministry of Defence

1. ESFA Update: 17 April 2019
   • 17 April 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
   • Correspondence
2. ESFA Update: 10 April 2019
   • 10 April 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
   • Correspondence
3. The First Twelve Institutes of Technology Announced
   • 10 April 2019
   • Department for Education
   • News story
4. CELL surrenders Ofqual recognition
   • 5 April 2019
   • Ofqual
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Assessment functioning of external assessments
   • 18 April 2019
   • Ofqual
   • Research
2. FE learners and apprentices survey
   • 11 April 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Research
3. Higher education provider data: Business and community interaction: 2017 to 2018
   • 4 April 2019
   • Department for Education, Higher Education Statistics Agency, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Official statistics
4. National achievement rates tables: transparency data
   • 28 March 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Official statistics
5. Apprenticeships and traineeships data
   • 28 March 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Guided learning in Functional Skills
   • 12 April 2019
   • Ofqual
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 30 April 2019
2. Institutes of Technology competition
   • 10 April 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Policy paper
3. Realising the potential of technology in education
   • 3 April 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Policy paper
4. College oversight: support and intervention
   • 1 April 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Policy paper
5. Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: strategic guidance
   • 27 March 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. HS2 Phase One vocational qualifications report
   • 26 March 2019
   • Department for Transport and High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
   • Corporate report
2. Strategic college improvement fund: successful applicants
   • 20 March 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
3. Students and qualifications at level 3 and below in England
   • 19 March 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
4. Non-GCSE qualifications in England: key stage 4 entries and absence and exclusions outcomes
   • 19 March 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
5. September Guarantee: education and training for young people
   • 14 March 2019
   • Department for Education
   • 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. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
7. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
8. Department of Health & Social Care
9. Ministry of Justice
10. Government Economic Service
11. HM Revenue & Customs
12. Department for Transport
13. Central Arbitration Committee
14. Government Equalities Office
15. Race Disparity Unit
16. UK Atomic Energy Authority
17. Civil Service Resourcing
18. Crown Commercial Service
19. Department for International Development
20. Department for International Trade
21. Marine Management Organisation
22. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
23. Teaching Regulation Agency
24. Coal Authority

1. Ofqual
2. Ofsted
3. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
4. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
5. Sellafield Ltd
6. UK Hydrographic Office
7. Defence Equipment and Support
8. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
9. Natural England
10. Dounreay
11. Environment Agency
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