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Is the Apprenticeship Route Now the Smarter Bet Than a Degree?

Oct 9, 2025

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6 min read

Is the Apprenticeship Route Now the Smarter Bet Than a Degree?

Plus: Why the UK education system must embrace the AI era

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Starmer Sets Ambitious Apprenticeship Target for 2040

Oct 2, 2025

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5 min read

Starmer Sets Ambitious Apprenticeship Target for 2040

Plus: Can the DWP and DfE align on skills?

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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🧭 Resilience, Reform & Retention: Top Takeaways from the EP/AO Conference

Sep 25, 2025

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6 min read

🧭 Resilience, Reform & Retention: Top Takeaways from the EP/AO Conference

Plus: Are apprenticeships becoming harder to access?

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | 📣 Skills England Moves to DWP — What It Means for Providers

Sep 18, 2025

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7 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | 📣 Skills England Moves to DWP — What It Means for Providers

Plus: Accelerate People's top tips for using ChatGPT

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | The Role of Further Education and Skills in a Sustainable Future

Sep 11, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | The Role of Further Education and Skills in a Sustainable Future

Plus: Skills Brief Set to Leave DfE in Starmer’s Departmental Reshuffle

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | 🎓 Apprentice Ambassador Scheme Launches

Sep 3, 2025

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7 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | 🎓 Apprentice Ambassador Scheme Launches

Plus: Why employer training investment has dropped £6bn since 2022

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | The AI Gender Gap in Skills Starts in School — Here’s the Data

Aug 28, 2025

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7 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | The AI Gender Gap in Skills Starts in School — Here’s the Data

Plus: Webinar - L3 Data Technician v1.1 & apprenticeship reforms

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | New Shadow Minister, Big Policy Signals

Aug 21, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | New Shadow Minister, Big Policy Signals

Plus: 40-year provide shuts after Ofsted downgrade

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights |🎓 A-Level Results Are In—Why It’s Time to Push Apprenticeships

Aug 14, 2025

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5 min read

Apprenticeship Insights |🎓 A-Level Results Are In—Why It’s Time to Push Apprenticeships

Plus: Labour think tank proposes overhaul of Apprenticeship Levy to boost skills

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights |🧠 Shorter Apprenticeships Launch – But Is Quality at Risk?

Aug 7, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights |🧠 Shorter Apprenticeships Launch – But Is Quality at Risk?

Plus: 🧪 Can AI improve English language assessment standards?

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights |🎓 Accelerate People Approved to Assess New L2 Digital Foundation Apprenticeships

Jul 31, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights |🎓 Accelerate People Approved to Assess New L2 Digital Foundation Apprenticeships

Plus: Why L7 defunding threatens social mobility & employer talent pipelines

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights |💼 Employers Feel the Heat as Funding Tightens and Costs Rise

Jul 24, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights |💼 Employers Feel the Heat as Funding Tightens and Costs Rise

Plus: Accelerate People sets a new bar for seamless assessment

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights |🚀 AP Gateway Launch: A Smarter Way to Manage Assessments

Jul 17, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights |🚀 AP Gateway Launch: A Smarter Way to Manage Assessments

Plus: 👥 Youth panel to reshape employment policy from the inside

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | 🧠 Faster Bookings, 24hr Grading? Meet the Accelerate People Tech Stack

Jul 10, 2025

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7 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | 🧠 Faster Bookings, 24hr Grading? Meet the Accelerate People Tech Stack

Plus: 💥 Fuel Learning earns Ofsted ‘outstanding’ — what they did right

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | ⚖️ Apprenticeships at a Crossroads: What’s Next?

Jul 3, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | ⚖️ Apprenticeships at a Crossroads: What’s Next?

Plus: 📊 Why employers are choosing apprentices over grads

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | 🔧 AELP 2025 Recap

Jun 26, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | 🔧 AELP 2025 Recap

Plus: Will Level 7 cuts could cost employers £214M?

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | 🧑‍🏫 Sutton Trust: “Cut Back on Online Apprenticeships”

Jun 19, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | 🧑‍🏫 Sutton Trust: “Cut Back on Online Apprenticeships”

Plus: Why 70% of employers are actively pursuing apprenticeship programmes🎓

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | 📣 £1.2bn Skills Investment — What It Means For Apprenticeship Providers

Jun 12, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | 📣 £1.2bn Skills Investment — What It Means For Apprenticeship Providers

Plus: How L7 age limit risks blocking apprenticeship progression

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | 📉 Level 7 Funding Slashed — Ops Teams Brace for Change

Jun 5, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | 📉 Level 7 Funding Slashed — Ops Teams Brace for Change

Plus: Phillipson tells Skills England what to prioritise in first year

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | 📉 ICAEW Warns Funding Shift Will Shrink Skills Pipeline

May 29, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | 📉 ICAEW Warns Funding Shift Will Shrink Skills Pipeline

Plus: here’s what it means for providers

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | 📊 Apprenticeship Budget Hits £3B – Here’s What It Means for Providers

May 22, 2025

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6 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | 📊 Apprenticeship Budget Hits £3B – Here’s What It Means for Providers

Plus: 👩‍💼 Charlotte Bosworth Takes the Helm at Lifetime Training

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | 📘 End-Point Assessment Coming Up? Zac Aldridge’s Must-Read Tips

May 15, 2025

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7 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | 📘 End-Point Assessment Coming Up? Zac Aldridge’s Must-Read Tips

Plus: 🚨 Level 7 apprenticeships face age-based funding cuts

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | Aldi’s £2M Boost to SME Apprenticeships

May 8, 2025

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8 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | Aldi’s £2M Boost to SME Apprenticeships

PLUS: Accelerate People at Association of Apprentices' Big Meet Up

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | AI That Helps, Not Replaces, Teachers 🤖

May 1, 2025

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7 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | AI That Helps, Not Replaces, Teachers 🤖

Plus: 📚 Accelerate People takes the stage at The Big Apprentice Meetup

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston

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Apprenticeship Insights | 🎤 Behind the Scenes of an EPA

Apr 24, 2025

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195 min read

Apprenticeship Insights | 🎤 Behind the Scenes of an EPA

Plus: 💼 Babington joins Knovia—what It Means for Providers

Rafe Houston
Rafe Houston
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