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Level 2 Assistant Administrator Standard approved after five-year journey

17 January 2025
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As a leading end-point assessment organisation (EPAO) we welcome the recent news from The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) on the approval of the Level 2 Assistant Administrator standard, marking a significant milestone after five years of dedicated campaigning by employers, training organisations and awarding bodies.

Future-proof your built environment training offer with new green technology qualifications

16 January 2025
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From retrofit to solar PV and heat pump installations, City & Guilds renewable technology qualifications equip industry workers with skills for the energy transition and net zero targets.

Celebrating 1 million digital credentials!

15 January 2025
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We’d like to thank our customers for supporting us to reach this milestone, and we look forward to shaping the future of digital recognition together

Use your industry expertise to help develop qualifications

15 January 2025
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Part of the solution – the essential role of industry members in technical qualification development.

Worldchefs and City & Guilds celebrate a decade of partnership on Global Certification

13 January 2025
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As our project reaches its final milestone, we look forward to future opportunities supporting employers in hospitality with their upskilling challenges.

Government announces outcomes of the Review of Qualifications Reform in England

13 December 2024
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The Department for Education (DfE) has yesterday announced the outcomes from the Pause and Review on the reforms to qualifications at level 3 and below.  

Celebrating EPA success, together

12 December 2024
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Leading the way in EPA certifications in partnership with our employers and providers.

City & Guilds named as one of Accredible’s top 10 digital credential issuers for 2024

12 December 2024
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Celebrating an impressive start to a new phase of our digital credential delivery.

City & Guilds’ latest podcast identifies lifelong learning as key to productivity

09 December 2024
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As part of our mission to empowering individuals, organisations, and economies through skills development, we investigate the key issues impacting on the skills sector through our ‘Navigating the UK’s Skills Challenges’ podcast series.

The impact of T Levels: Benefits for learners and industry

29 November 2024
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Four years on from the introduction of T Levels, how are the programmes benefitting learners and closing industry skills gaps?

New solar PV and electrical energy storage qualifications: Upskilling electricians for the energy transition

28 November 2024
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Discover new City & Guilds level 3 qualifications, aligned to the latest industry standards and the Electrical Plus framework

Future-proofing engineering: four critical skills areas shaping the future of the industry

29 October 2024
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Explore how digital transformation, sustainability, workforce diversity and future talent development are driving change across the sector – and why it’s essential to invest in these areas.

City & Guilds wins major MoJ Prison Education Contract

29 October 2024
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At City & Guilds we are proud that for almost 150 years we have collaborated with people, organisations, and economies to help them identify and develop the skills they need to thrive. We understand the life changing link between skills development, social mobility, prosperity, and success so everything we do focuses on developing and delivering high-quality training, qualifications and credentials that lead to jobs and meet the changing needs of industry.

Latest City & Guilds Insight Podcast explores the need for improved menopause support in the workplace

25 October 2024
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As part of our mission to identify and tackle skills shortages facing the UK, City & Guilds’ ‘Navigating the UK Skills Challenges’ podcast series provides insights from experts and sector leaders on best practice and innovations - helping employers, trainers and individuals to meet current and future skills challenges.

Celebrating the start of the second year of the Agriculture, Land Management and Production T Level

09 October 2024
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How a new T Level option is already showing results for learners and colleges in the agriculture, environment and animal care space.

City & Guilds and hundo deliver employability skills support to young people

25 September 2024
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City & Guilds is proud to announce a new collaboration with hundo, the award-winning platform focused on addressing youth unemployment, to deliver a new employability skills pilot programme. Supported by the City & Guilds Foundation, this initiative aims to bridge the gap between education and employment by equipping young people with the skills they need to thrive in the modern workforce.

Celebrating our learners’ achievements: Our new Skills Change Lives campaign

23 September 2024
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Celebrities from the worlds of TV, fashion and journalism explain how skills training helped them on their path to success, in a series of exclusive interviews with City & Guilds.

Jay Blades MBE Resignation

13 September 2024
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Jay Blades MBE Resignation

Onsite Construction & Building Services Engineering T Levels

14 August 2024
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T Level contract update

Results day 2024

14 August 2024
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Congratulations to all learners receiving their City & Guilds qualifications.

Department for Education announces pause and review of post-16 qualification reforms in England

24 July 2024
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The defunding of qualifications that overlap with T Levels has been paused.

Driving forward an ambitious skills agenda and plans for education

11 July 2024
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The new UK Labour government has set out plans to expand high-quality education, employment and training routes.

Important updates regarding the Livestock Production Occupational Specialism (OS) within the Agriculture Land Management Production (ALMP) T Level

03 July 2024
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From September 2024, pig skills will be introduced into the Livestock Production OS pathway.

Update on new Annual Fee, minimum spend and price review

06 June 2024
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City & Guilds and ILM revised pricing will start to be available in Walled Garden from July 2024 – understand the revised plan.

City & Guilds brand Kineo announces launch of new ESG training offering

24 May 2024
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Kineo look to revolutionise corporate training and handling of Environmental, Social and Governance responsibilities with new suite of courses.

DfE announces reformed qualifications approved for funding from August 2025

17 May 2024
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The Department for Education (DfE) set out changes to level 3 and below qualifications following the post-16 qualification review in England. DfE has now published a list of Alternative Academic Qualifications (AAQs) and Technical Qualifications (TQs) that have been approved for public funding at level 3 from 1 August 2025, including new City & Guilds qualifications.

Meet the City & Guilds customer support teams

11 April 2024
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Find out who to go to with questions and issues in our support team Q&A.

Scaling skills and employment opportunities to reduce reoffending

03 April 2024
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City & Guilds was delighted to host our event, ‘Scaling skills and employment opportunities to reduce reoffending’ at HMP Highpoint recently.

City & Guilds Foundation - Rehabilitation Collaboration Event

15 March 2024
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On 28 February the City & Guilds Foundation brought together industry leaders and representatives from charity partners to build relationships and share insights and experiences of promoting education and training in prison.

International Women’s Day 2024: In conversation with Cecilia Harvey

05 March 2024
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To mark International Women’s Day 2024 and highlight this year’s theme of ‘inspire inclusion’, we interviewed our very own women in STEM champion, City & Guilds’ Chief Operating Officer, Cecilia Harvey, about her career experiences in the largely male-dominated world of IT and technology.

New approval charge and price changes from 1 September 2024

01 March 2024
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As part of our annual pricing review, City & Guilds and ILM will be reducing the minimum spend level and introducing a new annual approval charge from the next academic year.

City & Guilds Joins forces with Multicultural Apprenticeship Alliance to spearhead Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Apprenticeships and Skills

26 February 2024
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City & Guilds, the global skills organisation, is proud to announce today the formation of a new alliance with the Multicultural Apprenticeship Alliance (MAA), that will provide much-needed support to learners, allowing them enhanced access to a wider range of apprenticeships and other vocational training opportunities.

Interview with City & Guilds CEO Kirstie Donnelly and Seema Malhotra MP, Labour’s Shadow Skills & Further Education Minister

15 February 2024
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City & Guilds CEO Kirstie Donnelly met with the Labour Party’s Shadow Skills & Further Education Minister, Seema Malhotra MP for a relaxed interview at the beautiful Stationers' Hall near to St Paul’s

Cynnig Cymraeg recognition awarded to City & Guilds for efforts to improve Welsh language services

15 December 2023
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City & Guilds has (1st November 2023) been awarded the prestigious ‘Cynnig Cymraeg’ from the Welsh Language Commissioner, in recognition of the organisation’s commitment to offering services in the Welsh language.

Rhoi cydnabyddiaeth y Cynnig Cymraeg i City and Guilds am ymdrechion i wella’r gwasanaethau Cymraeg

15 December 2023
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Mae City and Guilds (1 Tachwedd 2023) wedi derbyn cydnabyddiaeth arbennig y ‘Cynnig Cymraeg’ gan Gomisiynydd y Gymraeg, i gydnabod ymrwymiad y sefydliad i gynnig gwasanaethau yn y Gymraeg.

Money and Pensions Service – Assured case study

10 November 2023
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Supporting financial wellbeing through their Assured Money Guidance training programme.

Supporting the ColegauCymru conference as Headline Sponsor: Addressing the issues and opportunities facing skills development in Wales

09 November 2023
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Additional funding for Functional Skills reflects the importance of maths and English skills for individuals and for our economy.

Cefnogi cynhadledd ColegauCymru fel y Prif Noddwr: Mynd i’r afael â’r materion a’r cyfleoedd y mae’r maes datblygu sgiliau yn eu hwynebu yng Nghymru

09 November 2023
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Yng nghynhadledd ColegauCymru yng Nghaerdydd ar 12 Hydref, daeth cyflogwyr, darparwyr hyfforddiant a llunwyr polisi at ei gilydd i drafod dyfodol addysg Gymraeg

Functional Skills Funding Announcement

07 November 2023
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Additional funding for Functional Skills reflects the importance of maths and English skills for individuals and for our economy.

Reflecting on EV World Congress 2023: Fostering collaboration and skills development for sustainable mobility

23 October 2023
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The recently concluded EV World Congress 2023 brought together industry leaders and policymakers to collectively shape the future of the electric vehicle (EV) charging landscape. On the 10th and 11th October, against the backdrop of Novotel London West, the event underscored the significance of collaborative efforts in moving the EV sector forward.

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