John Cope, Head of Education & Skills Policy at the Confederation for British Industry (CBI) has written in FE Week claiming that the Government’s policy on apprenticeships is not working and needs urgent reform. He cites two years on form the launch of the apprentice levy, apprenticeship starts are down 31 per cent. Click here for the full article.
Meanwhile the Department of Education has published figures which show that civil service is recahing its apprenticeship targets and finally, FE News has produced a Funding Myth buster