Anne Milton | FE Week

It’s up to colleges and providers to sell apprenticeships to parents

Parents are still sceptical about high-quality technical education. The entire FE sector has a duty to change their minds, writes Anne Milton As exam time approaches and lots of young people will be thinking about their futures, I want to talk directly to colleges and providers about what they should be letting parents know about […]

Anne Milton: The restructuring facility won’t be used to prop up colleges

The government has put up £300m to keep struggling colleges on their feet, but it’s not a hand-out for failures, writes Anne Milton FE Week readers will know that a strong further education sector can change the lives of both young and older people. I want to do what I can to make the sector […]

For Careers Week, all pupils should learn about vocational routes

Now the Baker clause is law and schools are obliged to inform pupils of non-university routes, Anne Milton is expecting a careers revolution Next week we are celebrating National Careers Week and National Apprenticeships Week. Both give young people a nudge to start thinking about what they do next. I am really pleased that this […]

Non-levy apprenticeship funding process was as fair as possible

Every month, Anne Milton, the minister in charge of skills and apprenticeships, will write a column for FE Week, giving her perspective on the issues facing the sector. For her first outing, she tackles the non-levy procurement exercise As a government we have made significant changes to the way our apprenticeship system will work – […]