Policy paper

2010 to 2015 government policy: further education and training

Introducing a new FE funding system, improving teacher training and apprenticeships.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, Department for Education and Nick Boles
• Published: 12 December 2012
• Last updated: 8 May 2015
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  1. 8 May 2015

     Policy document from the 2010 to 2015 government preserved in a different format for reference

  2. 29 October 2014

     Added information about what the TechBacc measure is and the qualifications students have to pass to achieve it.

  3. 1 October 2014

     Policy page has changed to show updates of specific tasks that are now complete.

  4. 15 August 2014

     Added a link to 16 to 19 study programmes for the 2014 to 2015 academic year and added information about the requirement for students who haven't achieved at least a C in maths and English GCSEs to continue studying qualifications in these subjects.

  5. 6 November 2013

     Added information on the introduction of technical level qualifications ('tech levels') and applied general qualifications.

  6. 17 July 2013

     Age range for traineeships was updated from 16- to 19-year-olds to 16- to 24-year-olds.

  7. 10 January 2013

     adding information on traineeships

  8. 16 December 2012

     Link added to new guide on the National Careers Council.

  9. 14 December 2012

     Removed links from the actions bullet lists as we (as requested and approved) removed the supporting pages for the time being.

  10. 12 December 2012

      First published.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

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