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Did the Prime Minister promise an ‘apprenticeship guarantee’? This is why it is needed post Covid-19

Prime minister Boris Johnson last night told the nation that young people “should be guaranteed an apprenticeship” as part of the country’s recovery from Covid-19. Robert Halfon, who first proposed the idea, explains how this radical measure is a chance to re-establish a ladder of opportunity   Last week I raised with the prime minister […]

Opinion

Redundancies planned at massive apprenticeships provider to government

A huge training provider that delivers hundreds of apprenticeships for the civil service is planning to make major redundancies. Training giant QA Limited, which currently employs over 2,250 staff, is bracing itself for business to plummet following recent conversations with their clients as a result of Covid-19. FE Week understands that hundreds of those jobs […]

News

Why a ‘right to retrain’ is essential for an inclusive recovery

The outbreak of coronavirus will permanently change the shape of our economy. In adapting to this change, we must minimise the number of people locked out of the labour market by introducing a turbo-charged ‘right to retrain’. This should be locally led and focus on those most at risk of losing their jobs as a […]

Opinion

Monthly apprenticeships update: March starts fall 24% while April plummets by 72%

Apprenticeship starts for the month of March 2020 are down by a quarter while April plunged by 72 per cent on the previous year, new government data has revealed. Monthly provisional figures for both of those months were published by the Department for Education this morning and show the huge impact that the Covid-19 pandemic […]

News

PM ‘will look at the idea’ of offering an ‘apprenticeships guarantee’

The prime minister has said he will “look at the idea” of giving young people aged 16 to 25 an “apprenticeship guarantee”. Boris Johnson made the commitment this afternoon after stating that apprenticeships “are going to play a huge part in getting people back onto the jobs market” from Covid-19. He was taking questions from […]

News

Union blasts college redundancy plans during coronavirus crisis as “unnecessary and unfair”

A large general FE college has announced its seventh round of job cuts in six years. Blackburn College has put 29 jobs at risk, with 11 posts (6.98 full-time equivalent positions) expected to be cut. Affected staff members were informed of the redundancy consultation via video chat yesterday, in a move which union officials do […]

News

College set to close with the loss of 117 jobs

A land-based college is set to close next year with the potential loss of 117 jobs following an FE Commissioner review which found the site was no longer financially viable. Askham Bryan College informed staff at Newton Rigg College in Penrith of the decision this afternoon. The move to shut in July 2021 has been […]

News

Profile: Chris Humphries, WordSkills International

FE Week meets the new WorldSkills International president trying to live up to a legacy while negotiating the headwinds of multiple global challenges Chris Humphries didn’t expect to be in this position. Taking over the presidency and chair of WorldSkills International after the untimely passing away, aged just 57, of its deeply respected and newly-elected […]

Profiles

Cumbrian campus welcomes some new four-legged students

Lakes College in West Cumbria has opened its doors to some canine students, though currently closed to most of the human variety. The college has allowed Cumbria Police dogs Jovi, Dot and Lola to undergo specialist training on their campus after the dogs’ usual training venues became unavailable during lockdown. College estates manager Andrew Sisson […]

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