Opinion

New apprenticeships are flying high

When Vince Cable and John Hayes announced the second list of successful higher apprenticeship bids last week, everyone should...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Staff and students lobby MPs over FE loans scheme

Staff and students are campaigning against the introduction of FE loans today. Protestors have written to the skills minister John...

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FE Week Reporter
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Chesterfield College promotes equality through learner voice

Chesterfield College had led a national conference on how to promote equality through the learner voice. The event, organised...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Government considering apprenticeships at level 6 and 7

The government says they are “looking” at introducing apprenticeships at level 6 and 7. A source from Number 10...

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FE Week Reporter
Uncategorized

Promise of pre-apprenticeship product

L-R: Graham Hoyle OBE, AELP, Martin Dunford,OBE, AELP, Sarah Benioff, NAS, David Russell, DfE and Martin Doel, AoC The...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Barclays: Banking on young talent

Launching an apprenticeship programme is a big challenge for any private sector organisation. At Barclays, we set an ambitious...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

FE loans must work for disadvantaged learners

We are all acutely aware of how tough things are economically and therefore appreciate that Government spending must go...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Privatise FE: Dynamite or damp squib?

There has been much debate in the education press about the implications for further education colleges of the new...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A potential opportunity for work based learning

There is no doubt that the government’s introduction of Raising the Participation Age (RPA) to age 18 will present...

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FE Week Reporter