In this guest article, Adrian Grove, Business Development Director from Qube Learning, questions whether government rhetoric matches the action in education.

“This legislation will make sure everyone can gain the skills they need to progress into a rewarding job, and businesses have access to a pipeline of talented, qualified employees for their workforces – boosting productivity.”

These were the words from Alex Burghart MP when the Skills Bill passed into law last April. It was announced with a pledge that the Skills and Post-16 Education Act would level up and drive economic growth across the whole country.

But by the time the Autumn Statement followed, there was not a single reference to post-16 education and by the end of 2022, the traineeships ‘brand’ had been retired with funding channelled instead through other streams such as study programmes or AEB.

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