The FE Commissioner has tasked colleges with increasing their share of apprenticeships and skills bootcamps. Shelagh Legrave told the Association of Colleges she wants to support colleges to grow their market share in apprenticeships delivery by “at least 10 per cent”, as colleges currently deliver less than a fifth of apprenticeship starts annually. Shelagh also said she wants to support colleges to grow their market share of skills bootcamps delivery by increasing the number of colleges involved by “a minimum of 25 per cent”. Around £600 million has been earmarked to fund the programmes, designed to quickly get people into employment in skills shortage areas, both nationally and in mayoral combined authorities between 2020 and 2025. Click here for more.
