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‘Jobs’
The flexibilities added to the controversial industry placement in T-levels are “helpful” but they still leave rural counties at a “distinct disadvantage”, according to a principal involved in the pilots of the programme. Last week the government launched a “package of support” to encourage more employers to offer the 315-hour minimum placements that students will […]
News
The WorldSkills competition has been a springboard for some countries to reform and develop their skills training, writes Dr Neil Bentley-Gockmann, chief executive, WorldSkills UK I have been fascinated by how other countries use skills competitions to inform the development of their skills systems ever since my first speech as chief executive of WorldSkills UK […]
Opinion
The Public Accounts Committee has today published its progress report into the apprenticeship reforms that were introduced in April 2017. Members of the committee grilled a number high-profile government officials on the affordability of the programme in March following a National Audit Office report earlier that month that warned it is not financially sustainable. The […]
The government has announced the names of 19 areas that will join its careers hubs programme, but they will split just half the amount of money handed out in the first round. Damian Hinds, the education secretary, said today that £2.5 million will go to 19 local enterprise partnerships across England. Between them they will […]
Flexibilities will be added to the controversial 315-hour minimum industry placement in T-levels – including allowing multiple placements at different employers, the government has announced. The move, which FE Week revealed was on the cards in March, is part of a “package of support” being offered to employers to provide what the education secretary Damian […]
Robert Halfon, the chair of the education select committee, isn’t always a fan of the great and good, admitting that he is more interested in people with frontline experience When I ask Robert Halfon, the chair of the education committee, to name the witness who has affected him most, I’m expecting a big-hitter. Andreas Schleicher, […]
Profiles
A college that crashed two grades from ‘outstanding’ last year is consulting on plans to close down its A-level provision – putting around 20 jobs at risk. Highbury College, which is also in a precarious financial position partly because of an ongoing legal battle with a Nigerian state to recover a £1.4 million debt, informed […]
No college would consider it had done a good job if it allowed students to complete their studies without learning how to research information online. But this is the reality in prisons across the country. Cath Murray finds out about the challenges of running an education department on the inside. Sarah Aumeer doesn’t understand why […]
Feature, News
The Institute for Apprenticeships is to trial “gender-neutral” language in a bid to boost the number of female STEM apprentices – after research found “masculine” words in job adverts, such as “ambition”, “challenging” and “leader”, deter them from applying. The chronic under-representation of women taking apprenticeships in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is a […]
