Billy Camden

Incoming assessment reforms will not “dilute” or “dumb down” apprenticeships, a Skills England boss has claimed following a backlash from employers.

The government is set to scrap co-investment payments that small and medium-sized employers have to pay for apprentices under the age of 25.

Ministers are facing a “tsunami” of employer backlash against their apprenticeship assessment reforms that are being “bulldozed” through despite widespread safety fears. FE Week understands that businesses in the adult care, food and drink, and engineering and manufacturing industries are preparing letters to Skills England to oppose a “dumbed down” approach to apprentice assessment. It

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DWP skills director also confirms new short course content will come from existing apprenticeship standards

Skills minister also defends adult education plans and explains the need to introduce laws that ban ‘unsuitable' FE leaders

Wigan and Leigh College principal Anna Dawe will chair the group

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Construction leaders claim that plans for 'sampling' in apprenticeship assessment will lead to a 'race to the bottom'