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Report highlighting the differences in social mobility opportunities within local areas in England.   New research published today (15 Sept) by the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) and carried out by…

Information about incentive payments that employers can apply for if they take on a new apprentice between 1 August 2020 and 31 January 2021.   Employers can apply to receive…

HM Treasury has announced that the Kickstart Scheme is now open for applications, with the first placements expected to begin in November. The Kickstart Scheme can be used to create new,…

T Levels are new courses coming in September 2020, which will follow GCSEs and will be equivalent to 3 A levels. These 2-year courses have been developed in collaboration with…

Apprenticeships and skills minister Gillian Keegan has launched a new online and telephone support service for apprentices who have lost their jobs during the Covid-19 crisis. The new Redundancy Support…

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak today set out a ‘Plan for Jobs’ that will spur the UK’s recovery from the Coronavirus outbreak. The full statement is here but the following are…

Young people in the West Midlands will play a part in the delivery of High Speed Two, Britain’s brand-new low carbon, high speed railway, thanks to an innovative partnership between…

Workers from disadvantaged backgrounds are being left behind by the apprenticeship system, with numbers slumping by more than a third since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy, says the Social…

By Chris Shirley, Apprenticeship Services Manager at Network Rail MyKindaFuture, Grant Thornton and The 5% Club recently hosted an online event around how to remain reactive and agile during the current period of uncertainty,…

Skills campaigning charity, The 5% Club along with over 200 organisations across the UK, has signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, calling on the Government to publicly commit…