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Bosses swap jobs with apprentices

Chief executives and directors in companies across the UK recently swapped jobs with apprentices to mark National Apprenticeship Week....

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Adonis talks of ‘apprenticeship revolution’

UCAS should be the “principal route” into apprenticeships to ensure they were as “accessible and credible” as universities, Lord...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Cameron’s ‘new norm’ wisdom

The Prime Minister wants apprenticeships to become the “new norm for young people,” with work-based training sitting “at the...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Traineeships ‘will start in September’

The first  traineeships, the new government programme targeted at young people to help them acquire work-related skills and attitudes,...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Value of new FE quality kitemark questioned

Sector bosses have called into question the “worth” of a new quality marker launched by FE Minister Matthew Hancock....

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Get past the rhetoric and down to business

Learning by doing should be valued equally with academic learning, says David Harbourne. But vocational education first must meet...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

An ‘end-to-end’ professional development

The Credit Services Association is determined that debt collection become an industry with real career prospects, writes Stephen Morley...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Out of the starting blocks

Bob Harrison reflects on the first meeting of the Further Education Technology Action Group  Matthew Hancock’s inaugural gathering of...

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FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Mike Hopkins, principal, Middlesbrough College

The smiling principal of Middlesbrough College seems like an unlikely sea captain. Just look at him in this week’s...

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FE Week Reporter