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Further and higher education, skills and vocational training

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

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. Employing an apprentice

    How to take on an apprentice as an employer, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Search for apprenticeship standards
    • Detailed guide
    • Institute for Apprenticeships
  2. LRS organisational portal
    • Guidance
    • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  3. Apprenticeship funding bands
    • Guidance
    • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  4. Higher and degree apprenticeships
    • Guidance
    • Education and Skills Funding Agency
  5. A guide to apprenticeships
    • Guidance
    • Education and Skills Funding Agency
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News and communications

Speech

Amanda Spielman at the 2018 AoC Annual Conference

Ofsted

  1. 'Opportunities Through Apprenticeships' project is launched
    • Education and Skills Funding Agency
    • News story
  2. ESFA Update: 21 November 2018
    • Education and Skills Funding Agency
    • Correspondence
  3. College students with unrealised potential deserve better
    • Ofsted
    • Press release
  4. Higher education expert to review TEF
    • Department for Education
    • News story
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Research and statistics

  1. Level 2 study programmes
    • Ofsted
    • Research
  2. Identifying FE teacher comparators
    • Department for Education
    • Research
  3. Post-16 education: outcomes for disadvantaged students
    • Department for Education
    • Research
  4. FE learners and apprentices survey
    • Department for Education
    • Research
  5. College staff survey: 2018
    • Department for Education
    • Research
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Accelerated degrees: widening student choice in higher education
    • Department for Education and Office for Students
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 11 February 2018
  2. Regulating Basic Digital Skills Qualifications
    • Ofqual
    • Open consultation
    • Closing date 13 January 2019
  3. Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework: subject-level
    • Department for Education
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 21 May 2018
  4. Review of TEF: terms of reference
    • Department for Education
    • Policy paper
  5. Accelerated degree courses: assessment of impact
    • Department for Education
    • Impact assessment
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Further Education Commissioner: annual report 2017 to 2018
    • Department for Education
    • Corporate report
  2. Strategic college improvement fund: successful applicants
    • Department for Education
    • Transparency
  3. List of declared subcontractors
    • Education and Skills Funding Agency
    • Transparency
  4. NEET data by local authority
    • Department for Education
    • Transparency
  5. Participation in education and training: local authority figures
    • Department for Education
    • Transparency
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Organisations

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