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The employer voice

Karen Walker is looking for enthusiasm and a willingness to learn among the learners she sees at Greggs Greggs is a baker and a retailer with ten regional bakeries and a central savoury plant supplying more than 1,680 shops across the UK. We employ around 20,000 people. We work with various disadvantaged work groups ranging […]

AELP now and in the future

Traineeships were firmly among the top agenda issues for the Association of Employment and Learning Providers during opening speeches at its packed national conference in London. Day one of the two-day conference, entitled Strictly Skills and Employment, focused on employers, providers and apprentices, while day two offered insight from government agencies and politicians. Speakers, including […]

Q&A with the new AELP chief

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers is just over a month away from being headed by new man Stewart Segal. FE Week reporter Eleanor Radford spoke with him to find out his thoughts on all things FE. What are your thoughts on the new Education and Training Foundation (formerly known as the FE Guild)? […]

Using technology to improve apprenticeships

We need to use technology in many different ways to improve apprenticeships says Matthew Hancock Following the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ annual conference I want to encourage some of our most important providers of apprenticeships and other work-related training to be open to the potential of new technology to transform their efforts to […]

AELP National Conference 2013 supplement

Download your free copy of the FE Week 16 page special AELP National Conference 2013 supplement, sponsored by OCR. Click here to download (24mb) Introduction As half of the FE Week team beavered away in a London hotel room to produce this publication, the other half was four floors below witnessing the Association of Employer and Learning […]

Members don’t want major reform

A number of apprenticeship reviews over the last two years have suggested the system might be broken. There may well be issues, argues Graham Hoyle, but it certainly doesn’t need wholesale fixing As FE Week reported at the end of May, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has a serious difficulty with the […]

Marc nets award for second time

A Newcastle basketball teacher has been named Coach of the Year by England Basketball for the second year running. Marc Steutel, head basketball development coach for North East Sports Academy at TyneMet College, won last year for his work in England Basketball division two, but this is his first award in division one. “Receiving this […]

Who cares, wins

Thomas Bampfield wasn’t fazed when actors took the part of patients in a WorldSkills caring competition in the West Midlands, going on to win the regional heat. Rebecca Cooney reports A West Midlands student who wants to study paramedic science has won the regional heat of the WorldSkills UK 2013 caring competition. Thomas Bampfield, 17, […]

Football match raises cash for charity

Dearne Valley College ICT and computing students raised £70 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust when they heard that their tutor’s grandson had the life-limiting condition. Tutor Tony Sables said that the cash would go towards essential research. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust provides support for those living with the condition, which affects the lungs, and their […]