Guidance for providers of further education and apprenticeships during the transition period and after 1 January 2021

Information to help further education and training providers and employers of apprentices prepare for the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020.

Visit the transition section of GOV.UK to get a personalised list of actions for you and your business.

Running your FE college or training provider

• 16 to 19 education: funding guidance
  • 28 July 2020
  • Guidance
• Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2020 to 2021
  • 14 August 2020
  • Guidance
• Data protection for education providers
  • 31 January 2020
  • Guidance
• Providing services and travelling for business to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein: country guides
  • 14 October 2019
  • Collection
• How to import and export goods between Great Britain and the EU from 1 January 2021
  • 18 August 2020
  • Guidance
• The eCommerce Directive after the transition period
  • 6 July 2020
  • Guidance

Apprenticeships

• Apprenticeship funding rules
  • 30 July 2020
  • Guidance
• Employing an apprentice
  • 15 December 2014

Recruiting and sponsoring students and staff

• Student sponsor guidance
  • 5 October 2020
  • Guidance
• UK visa sponsorship for employers
  • 6 April 2015
• Sponsorship: guidance for employers and educators
  • 5 April 2020
  • Collection

Employing staff

• Recruit teachers from overseas
  • 14 October 2020
  • Guidance
• Check someone’s immigration status
  • 21 November 2019
• Criminal records checks for overseas applicants
  • 19 August 2020
  • Guidance
• Frontier workers in the UK: rights and status
  • 21 September 2020
  • Guidance

Intellectual property

• Changes to unregistered designs from 1 January 2021
  • 30 January 2020
  • Guidance
• Exhaustion of IP rights and parallel trade from 1 January 2021
  • 30 January 2020
  • Guidance

Overseas placements and trips

• Visit Europe from 1 January 2021
  • 11 April 2019
• Living in country guides
  • 12 June 2018
  • Collection
• Foreign travel advice
  • 10 March 2020

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
  • 13 July 2020
  • Guidance

Information for students

• UK students in the EU: continuing your studies from 1 January 2021
  • 28 October 2019
  • Guidance
• Studying in the UK: guidance for EU students
  • 13 July 2020
  • 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
• Points-based system: Student route
  • 5 October 2020
  • Guidance

Published 15 October 2020 Contents