Time to fix the Levy
Eight years on from the launch of the Apprenticeship Levy, and billions are still going unspent while industry struggles with skills gaps. Anna Clarke, director…
Eight years on from the launch of the Apprenticeship Levy, and billions are still going unspent while industry struggles with skills gaps. Anna Clarke, director…
The ‘Unleashing Potential: Unlocking Opportunities for Young Apprentices’ (2024) report has identified prevalent issues within the UK’s current apprenticeship and wider skills system as apprenticeship…
With the opinion polls indicating a return to power for the Labour Party – in what is an expected general election year – the skills…
In this article, Stacey Hayes-Allen, Director of Corporate Partnerships at Arden University, explores the functional skills hurdle facing degree apprenticeship learners, looking at how businesses…
Last week, AELP once again hosted its Autumn Conference in Manchester which, this year, was attended by over 250 people from across the skills sector.…
UVAC sets out its consideration of the likely implications should the IFS recommendations be adopted by a future Westminster Government. The IFS fails to avoid…
New report also highlights wider decline in employer investment in training despite significant rise in skill shortage vacancies, prompting calls for levy reform The number…
The recent Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) report that grabs most attention concerns apprenticeship funding. However, ‘creative’ the recommendations may feel, any future government would…
There have been significant reforms to apprenticeships over the last decade. This includes the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy in 2017, which was accompanied by…
While there might have been tentative enthusiasm about the return to ‘normality’, following the turbulence of the last few years, the cost-of-living crisis, which still…
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