A major online training provider has put a stop to its loss-making apprenticeship division and turned full focus to skills bootcamps and adult education.
The Skills Network (TSN) has started the process of moving its current apprentices to alternative providers to complete their training.
Chief executive Mark Dawe (pictured) put the decision to pull out of the provision down to the “real challenges” with current funding levels for apprenticeships in sectors like care, which do not cover the true cost of delivery.
TSN moved into the apprenticeships space at the time of the levy reforms in 2017. The provision is a minor part of its business, having recorded fewer than 300 starts in each of the past two years in sectors that also include early years, leadership and management and IT.
