…Cardiff and Vale College, Element Skills Training was incorporated in 2016 and provided apprenticeships, functional skills, diplomas and NVQs, operating out of Somerset. It was closed down by the college…
11.00 Sep. 13th, 2019 | News
high levels of technical skills, but more importantly develops the core employability skills, which machines will never replace. “These skills ultimately help our learners to secure great jobs and exciting…
12.00 Sep. 13th, 2019 | News
Anne Milton’s tenure as apprenticeships and skills minister came to an abrupt end on 23 July when she resigned just minutes after giving evidence to the Parliamentary education select committee….
7.00 Sep. 13th, 2019 | News
…functional skills, Blatchford said: “We don’t doubt the merits of the new functional skills qualification, but the point of the report is to design a new qualification which would replace…
0.01 Sep. 11th, 2019 | News
…new skills, knowledge and behaviours and the level 2 rail engineering operative course it offers is valued by employers as a means of filling the skills gap. Optimum Skills, which…
16.06 Sep. 6th, 2019 | News
…Nick Gibb blocks off the potential for young FE learners, especially apprentices, to succeed with functional skills options and not be knocked out by endless resits, the £25m targeted at…
13.39 Sep. 1st, 2019 | Opinion
Skills for Care is to scrap their adult care external quality assurance service (ACEQUAS) to apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations, FE Week understands. This morning Skills for Care emailed all their…
12.52 Aug. 27th, 2019 | News
…feedback on a unit assessment.” It concluded that the provider does not efficiently prepare apprentices for their functional skills qualifications and vocational application. London School of Commerce & IT Limited…
17.09 Aug. 16th, 2019 | News
…The information assessors do collect about apprentices’ English, including English as a second or other language, and maths skills is not used to plan learning for developing their functional skills….
12.44 Aug. 9th, 2019 | News
The new education secretary has his work cut out. Additional funding for skills and apprenticeships must also be met with reform. The skills funding system is the place to start,…
11.58 Aug. 2nd, 2019 | Opinion
A former Downing Street advisor gives his insider view on what Gavin Williamson taking the skills brief will mean for the sector – and he does not believe the DfE’s…
18.23 Jul. 30th, 2019 | Opinion