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These articles were categorised when the skills agenda was controlled by the Department for Education & Skills, from 2001 to 2007. Subsequently the government department responsible for skills is the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS).


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    • Manufacturing

    Lifetime Skills Guarantee: free courses launch in April 2021

    by Rob Moss 9 Dec 2020
    by Rob Moss 9 Dec 2020

    Four hundred free training courses, ranging from engineering to healthcare, will be available to adults without a qualification at A-level...

    • Coronavirus
    • Police
    • NHS

    Public sector pay freeze stokes union anger

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Nov 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Nov 2020

    Unison general secretary Dave Prentis describes Rishi Sunak's spending review as 'austerity, plain and simple,' as unions attack 'divisive' pay freeze.

    • Coronavirus
    • Health and safety
    • Department for Education

    Union tells teachers not to engage with school reopening plans

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 May 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 May 2020

    Teachers and other school staff have been told to not ‘engage’ with plans for school reopenings next month, with a...

    • Coronavirus
    • Apprenticeships
    • Education

    Apprenticeships: training providers’ body to take legal advice over support

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Apr 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Apr 2020

    AELP lambasts Department for Education over failure to meet Cabinet Office obligation to support all training providers.

    • Apprenticeships
    • Latest News
    • Education

    Apprenticeship levy will no longer be used for MBAs

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Apr 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Apr 2020

    Education secretary sides with critics of levy's use for senior management apprenticeships.

    • NHS
    • Local authorities
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

    Huge public sector redundancy payouts revealed despite ‘ban’

    by Adam McCulloch 24 Feb 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 24 Feb 2020

    Level of payouts far in excess of stated government cap of £95,000.

    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    ‘Fake apprenticeships’ are turning training system into a farce

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Jan 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Jan 2020

    The UK's training system is becoming farcical with a levy system spiralling out of financial control - we need to learn from apprenticeships in Europe, claims report.

    • Education
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    New teachers to receive £6,000 boost to attract the ‘best’

    by Rob Moss 2 Sep 2019
    by Rob Moss 2 Sep 2019

    Starting salaries for teachers will reach as much as £30,000 by the 2022-23 academic year under a range of plans announced today.

    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    ‘Don’t fund level 6 and 7 apprenticeships’ say learning providers

    by Rob Moss 20 Mar 2019
    by Rob Moss 20 Mar 2019

    Training providers have called on the government to remove the highest and degree level apprenticeships from the scope of funding...

    • Local authorities
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    Retention of teachers becomes urgent as pupil numbers soar

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Nov 2018
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Nov 2018

    School leaders in the state sector face having to fill increasing numbers of vacancies, with lack of job satisfaction a...

    • Department for Education
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    Labour announces plans to shake up supply teacher recruitment

    by Jo Faragher 25 Sep 2018
    by Jo Faragher 25 Sep 2018

    The Labour Party has announced that it would shake up how schools recruit supply teachers, claiming it would save them...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    What’s going wrong with the apprenticeship levy?

    by Melanie Stancliffe 13 Jul 2018
    by Melanie Stancliffe 13 Jul 2018

    More than a year after the apprenticeship levy came into effect, most agree that it is not going according to...

    • Brexit
    • Careers advice
    • Corporate governance

    Employment regs: what happened to the ones that got away?

    by Jo Faragher 20 Jun 2018
    by Jo Faragher 20 Jun 2018

    Keeping on top of employment law developments can feel like a full-time job for HR professionals, but that’s just the...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    Apprenticeship starts continue to fall a year after levy introduced

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jun 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jun 2018

    There has been a steady decline in the number of apprenticeships begun after the apprenticeship levy was introduced last year....

    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    Apprenticeship starts delayed by lack of Government guidance

    by Rob Moss 27 Mar 2018
    by Rob Moss 27 Mar 2018

    The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has raised concerns that the Government is too slow to publish guidance...

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