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 Opinion The DNA of good apprenticeships As the sector celebrates apprenticeships, Phil Romain looks at what makes for a good one. My passion for apprenticeships… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion The DNA of good apprenticeships As the sector celebrates apprenticeships, Phil Romain looks at what makes for a good one. My passion for apprenticeships… 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 Opinion The Skills Funding Statement offered unpalatable certainty, but did it also help pave the way for the HMRC apprenticeship funding plan? Adult apprenticeships emerged as a top funding priority for the government in the Skills Funding Statement last month, according… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Opinion Employing apprentices The Association of Colleges’ annual HR conference takes place in Nottingham tomorrow and Wednesday. Richard Banks and Geoffrey Mead… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 233 Older