Further education and apprenticeships and the EU

Information that FE training providers and employers of apprentices need to follow or may find useful including areas where rules or processes have changed.

Running your FE college or training provider

• 16 to 19 education: funding guidance
  • 1 February 2021
  • Guidance
• Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2020 to 2021
  • 21 April 2021
  • Guidance
• Data protection for education providers
  • 31 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Providing services and travelling for business to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein: country guides
  • 14 October 2019
  • Collection
• Brexit transition helplines
  • 5 February 2021
  • Guidance

Apprenticeships

• Apprenticeship funding rules
  • 30 July 2021
  • Guidance
• Employing an apprentice
  • 15 December 2014

Recruiting and sponsoring students and staff

• Recruit further education (FE) teachers from overseas
  • 25 October 2021
  • Guidance
• Student sponsor guidance
  • 29 September 2021
  • Guidance
• UK visa sponsorship for employers
  • 6 April 2015
• Sponsorship: guidance for employers and educators
  • 11 October 2021
  • Collection

Employing staff

• Recruit teachers from overseas
  • 31 July 2021
  • Guidance
• Check someone’s immigration status
  • 21 November 2019
• Criminal records checks for overseas applicants
  • 12 February 2021
  • Guidance

Recognition of qualifications

• Selling services to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein
  • 11 June 2021
  • Guidance

Overseas placements and trips

• Visiting the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein
  • 5 January 2021
• Living in country guides
  • 12 June 2018
  • Collection
• Foreign travel advice
  • 10 March 2020
• International bus or coach services and tours: driver documents
  • 16 August 2021
  • Guidance
• Making phone calls and sending texts to EU and EEA countries
  • 31 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Using your mobile in EU and EEA countries
  • 31 December 2020
  • Guidance

EU Settlement Scheme and UK immigration system

• Apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (settled and pre-settled status)
  • 31 August 2018
• Stay in the UK (‘settled status’): step by step
  • 31 January 2020
• New immigration system: what you need to know
  • 1 July 2021
  • Guidance

Information for students

• UK students in the EU: continuing your studies
  • 28 May 2021
  • Guidance
• Studying in the UK: guidance for EU students
  • 2 August 2021
  • Guidance
• UK nationals in the EEA and Switzerland: access to higher education and 19+ further education
  • 11 August 2020
  • Guidance
• UK nationals in the EEA and Switzerland: access to apprenticeships
  • 11 August 2020
  • Guidance
• Student route caseworker guidance
  • 6 April 2021
  • Guidance
• Student finance eligibility
  • 22 October 2021
  • Policy paper

Published 15 October 2020
Last updated 25 October 2021 + show all updates

1. 25 October 2021

   Added ‘Recruit further education (FE) teachers from overseas’ to the ‘Recruiting and sponsoring students and staff’ section.
2. 21 December 2020

   Added link to information on ‘Student finance eligibility: 2021 to 2022 academic year’.

3. 15 October 2020

   First published.