Opinion Making employers pay ‘risks’ 16 and 17 apprenticeships A government consultation on apprenticeship funding reforms is looking at making employers pay towards training. Kirstie Donnelly explores the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Keeping the options open on Functional Skills The government has already downgraded Functional Skills more than three years before they are fully replaced in the apprenticeship… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Seeing value in qualifications Where qualifications are concerned, you should never assume, according to David Hughes. It is all too easy to fall… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Making progress towards an FE UCas system The Deputy Prime Minister has called for a “UCas-style” admissions system for FE, but Gina Bradbury says that one… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Does anyone care about 16 and 17-year-olds? Nearly eight month since the government raised the participation age, Mark Corney evaluates a policy that will next year… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Raising questions over the RPA With statistics this month having shown a rise in the number of unemployed 16 and 17-year-olds not in education,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion A plea to listen to the voice of small businesses on apprenticeships For many small firms, the thought of taking on more than one or two apprentices at once is overwhelming…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Small businesses find apprenticeships ‘costly but worthwhile’ Having left school at 15 to become an apprentice plumber, Charlie Mullins now sits as managing director of Pimlico… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Group to take on sex bias and a ‘shocking waste of talent’ Further education has a key role to play in promoting diversity, says Toni Fazaeli, who calls for an independent… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Could traineeships stem skills shortage problem? Traineeships are most commonly viewed as a means of taking on youth unemployment, but, asks, Fiona Aldridge, could they… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion How far have we gone in achieving a careers guidance ‘culture change’? Six months after the National Careers Council called for a “culture change” in careers guidance, Deirdre Hughes, in light… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Behind the scenes of National Apprenticeship Week It’s five big days in the calendar for apprenticeships and Barbara Spicer explains not only what happened before and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 232 Older
