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. What qualification levels mean

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

4. Recruit an apprentice

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

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
   • 29 July 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
3. Higher and degree apprenticeships
   • Guidance
   • 27 February 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
4. Find out if you need an ATAS certificate
   • Detailed guide
   • 10 January 2019
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
5. Search for apprenticeship standards
   • Detailed guide
   • 3 November 2017
   • Closed organisation: Institute for Apprenticeships

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News and communications

6 September 2019 — News story

September apprenticeship payment

Education and Skills Funding Agency

1. The National Careers Service course directory is changing
   • 6 September 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
   • News story
2. Thailand: applications for UK government’s prestigious Chevening Scholarships now open
   • 5 September 2019
   • World news story
3. ESFA Update: 4 September 2019
   • 4 September 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
   • Correspondence
4. Work experience programme finishes on a high
   • 4 September 2019
   • Sellafield Ltd
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Apprenticeship and levy statistics: August 2019
   • 29 August 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Official statistics
2. Apprenticeships in England by industry characteristics
   • 22 August 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Official statistics
3. FE Choices learner satisfaction survey 2018 to 2019
   • 19 August 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Official statistics
4. Education and training
   • 6 August 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Statistical data set
5. Understanding the educational background of young offenders: summary report
   • 1 August 2019
   • Department for Education and Ministry of Justice
   • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Guided learning in Functional Skills
   • 9 August 2019
   • Ofqual
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 30 April 2019
2. College oversight: support and intervention
   • 22 August 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Policy paper
3. T Level action plan
   • 20 August 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Policy paper
4. National retraining scheme
   • 20 August 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Policy paper
5. Accelerated degree courses: impact assessment and equality analysis
   • 11 July 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Impact assessment

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Delegation of adult education: exercise of functions
   • 27 August 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
2. End point assessment quality assurance report: 2018 to 2019
   • 8 August 2019
   • Ofqual
   • Corporate report
3. Uplift factors and postcode files
   • 6 August 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
   • Transparency
4. Adult Education Budget (AEB) postcode files
   • 29 July 2019
   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
   • Transparency
5. Funding allocations to training providers: 2018 to 2019
   • 17 July 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. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
2. Department of Health & Social Care
3. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
4. HM Treasury
5. Ministry of Defence
6. Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
7. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
8. Cabinet Office
9. Further Education Commissioner
10. Ministry of Justice
11. Government Economic Service
12. Department for Transport
13. HM Revenue & Customs
14. Department for International Trade
15. Central Arbitration Committee
16. Government Equalities Office
17. Race Disparity Unit
18. UK Atomic Energy Authority
19. Crown Commercial Service
20. Department for International Development
21. Marine Management Organisation
22. Office for Artificial Intelligence
23. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
24. Public Health England
25. Social Mobility Commission
26. Teaching Regulation Agency
27. Coal Authority

1. Ofqual
2. Ofsted
3. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
4. Sellafield Ltd
5. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
6. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
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