The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking views on proposed subject content for reformed Functional Skills qualifications in English and mathematics. Since April this year, those taking Level 3 ...

Employers' calls for young people to leave education with the right skills for work have been well documented. Only last week, a senior member of the Tesco board criticised levels of literacy and ...

Apprentices over the age of 19 will no longer be required to undertake English and maths functional skills qualifications in order to complete their course. Up to 10,000 more apprentices would be able ...

Businesses employing adult apprentices will now have the power to decide whether a Maths and English qualification should be part of the prescribed course, following a rule change by the government.

It’s never too late to boost your maths and English skills... that’s the message from Telford College, which is launching a new series of courses designed to help upskill the local workforce. New ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apprentices over the age of 19 will no longer be required to undertake English and maths functional skills qualifications in order ...