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‘Jobs’
Nichola Hay explains how and why she helped launch an innovative network of apprenticeship champions to provide better information and advice about the benefits of the vocational training to jobseekers. Unfilled apprenticeship vacancies have been a problem for the FE sector for a number of years. They have also been a source of personal frustration […]
Opinion
Better understanding is needed of why young people choose oversubscribed career paths, a new report states. The study, ‘Routes into Work … it’s Alright for Some’, published by The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), Pearson, with research from the Learning and Work Institute, is intended to explain why youth unemployment has remained stubbornly […]
News
> Exclusive analysis finds potential for 15 mergers in 2016 > Union warns of time needed for meaningful consultation Bury College is in talks over a potential merger with a nearby university, becoming one of up to 15 mergers involving 32 institutions across the country. Bury is expected to launch a consultation into plans to merge […]
An advert has appeared on a government website for an apprenticeship vacancy with Tata Steel — even though the troubled firm wants to sell-off all its UK operations. It was posted on the gov.uk ‘Find an apprenticeship’ site four days ago, inviting applications for a four-year advanced level course starting in May this year. Yet […]
Midday update: Sadly Martin Doel hasn’t been appointed our new editor, because this was, of course, another infamous FE Week April Fool. However, today does mark the start of our search for a new full-time editor for FE Week. The ad is now live on the Guardian jobs website, with applications due by the end of […]
City College Brighton & Hove and neighbouring Northbrook College have announced plans to merge into a new Regional Institute of Arts & Technology. A spokesperson for the two colleges said their intention is to create a single institute that places apprenticeships and work-based learning “at the heart” of its plans to “transform the lives of […]
The new boss of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has laid out his top priorities. Ahead of his first speech as chief executive — which he will deliver at the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) tomorrow — Mark Dawe told FE Week that getting the levy right, making sure employers are fully […]
Employers will receive a 10 per cent top-up to their monthly levy contributions as a result of today’s budget. Chancellor George Osborne only briefly mentioned the levy in his speech to the House of Commons at lunchtime. However, the 10 per cent top-up plans were unveiled in a budget report subsequently published by the Treasury. […]
Nine out of ten apprenticeship sector leaders who took part in an exclusive FE Week survey fear quality will suffer as the government drives towards 3m apprenticeship starts by 2020. It was carried out ahead of the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) – which will be attended by nearly 1,000 staff from colleges, independent training providers and […]
