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Lynne Sedgmore, CEO, 157 Group

When Lynne Sedgmore passed the 11 plus, it made the local news.  Few children from her council estate went...

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Youth unemployment at record high

Figures released this morning (Wednesday) show youth unemployment is at a record high. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) said...

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Vocational qualifications are ideal… but they’re still for other people’s children

WorldSkills has been and gone, all the hype, the advertising, the supplements, the drum banging… and now the silence...

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‘Plumber’s Apprentice’ statue unveiled at Cannon Street Station

  A sculpture of the ‘Plumber’s Apprentice’ has been unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester at Cannon Street Station....

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WorldSkills London 2011: Opening with a bang

With a rush of activity and a buzz of excitement, the world’s largest international skills competition arrived on UK...

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250 apprentices at risk of derailment at Bombardier

Around 250 young people will be affected by lost apprenticeships and engineering jobs at Bombardier, a union has warned....

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WorldSkills London 2011: Triumph for Team UK

Christopher Berridge, Gold medal winner in the Stonemasonry competition. All pictures by Nick Linford for FE Week. Team UK...

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Conservatives call on employers to take on more apprentices

Apprenticeships, apprenticeships, apprenticeships. The vocational qualification was at the forefront of speeches made during the Conservative Party conference in...

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FE Week reporter ‘Has a Go’ at WorldSkills London 2011

FE Week News Reporter Nick Summers gets into the spirit of WorldSkills London 2011 by ‘having a go’ at...

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