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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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    • Department for Education
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    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
    • Corporate governance
    • Careers advice

    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
    • Latest News
    • Department for Education

    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...

    • Gender
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    Half of top 50 worst gender pay gaps are in school academies

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Mar 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Mar 2018

    Twenty three of the 50 organisations with the largest gender pay gaps so far are school academies or multi-academy trusts,...

    • Careers advice
    • Department for Education
    • Labour market

    New careers advice strategy unveiled by Government

    by Jo Faragher 4 Dec 2017
    by Jo Faragher 4 Dec 2017

    The Government has promised that every school and college in the country will have a dedicated careers leader in place...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Department for Education
    • Skills shortages

    Careers guidance failings “unacceptable” say MPs

    by Rob Moss 2 Nov 2016
    by Rob Moss 2 Nov 2016

    Government failure to address inadequacies in careers guidance is “unacceptable” according to the chairs of the Education, Skills and the...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Education
    • Learning & development

    Government pushes ahead with apprenticeship levy

    by Jo Faragher 12 Aug 2016
    by Jo Faragher 12 Aug 2016

    The Department for Education has today revealed its proposals on how funding for apprenticeships will work after the apprenticeship levy...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Department for Education

    Apprenticeships and skills now fall under Department for Education

    by Jo Faragher 15 Jul 2016
    by Jo Faragher 15 Jul 2016

    The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has been split up and the Government’s skills and apprenticeship policy will...

    • Careers advice
    • Department for Education
    • Job creation and losses

    MPs: Skills gap exacerbated by “inadequate” careers advice

    by Claire Scullin 5 Jul 2016
    by Claire Scullin 5 Jul 2016

    “Patchy” and inadequate career advice resulting from Government policy is worsening the skills gap in the jobs market and damaging...

    • Case law
    • Employment law
    • Department for Education

    Could teacher suspensions open schools up to legal claims?

    by Jo Faragher 21 Jan 2015
    by Jo Faragher 21 Jan 2015

    The decision by schools to take action against staff amid confusion over child protection rules could potentially expose them to...

    • Early careers
    • Department for Education
    • Education - further and higher

    NEET numbers at record low, according to government figures

    by Jo Faragher 25 Jun 2014
    by Jo Faragher 25 Jun 2014

    New statistics from the Department for Education (DfE) show that the number of young people not in education, employment or...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Early careers
    • Department for Education

    Vocational courses ‘leading young people into dead ends’

    by John Eccleston 3 Mar 2011
    by John Eccleston 3 Mar 2011

    Too many vocational courses are of little value and are targeted at league tables rather than preparing young people for the...

    • Department for Education
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    University tuition fee increase may be on the cards

    by Personnel Today 10 Jun 2010
    by Personnel Today 10 Jun 2010

    The universities minister David Willetts has said that students should consider university fees “more as an obligation to pay higher...

    • Acas
    • Absence
    • Business performance

    Friday podcast: the Election, BA cabin crew and World Cup plans at Tesco

    by Tara Craig 7 May 2010
    by Tara Craig 7 May 2010

    HR news and analysis, including:

    The general election result and the potential impact on employers and the workforce
    British Airways...

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