Opinion

Traineeships need to have a strong start

The transition from unskilled to skilled could be key to answering the UK’s youth unemployment problem, explains Matthew Hancock...

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Opinion

The Government must get this right

The introduction of a training route to support young people without the necessary skills and qualifications to start an...

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Opinion

Transformational: from inadequate to good in 15 months

Macclesfield College soared from an Ofsted grade four to a grade two in just over a year. Principal Simon...

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Opinion

WorldSkills celebrates the vocational route

And apprenticeships inspire high levels of ambition, confidence and eloquence says Matthew Coffey, National Director of Further Education and...

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News

Apprentice starts for 16 to 18 keep falling

The continual downward slide in the numbers of under-19s taking up apprenticeships is “substantial” and “worrying”, Junior Shadow Education...

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Students step up to the crease

Learners from South and City College Birmingham are offering their building skills and services to local cricket clubs. The...

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Stoke-on-Trent celebrates success

Emotions ran high at an annual celebratory evening as students from Stoke-on-Trent College were recognised for their achievements. The...

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Up there with the big guns

Students at a Staffordshire College finished in the top 10 of an artillery competition for the fourth year in...

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