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The government has finally committed to establishing an apprentice panel for the Institute for Apprenticeships, in a move hailed by the National Union of Students as a victory for learners. The panel was announced by apprenticeships and skills minister Robert Halfon during the sixth sitting of the public bill committee for the Technical and Further […]
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The Casey Report is right to fight for the cause of English for Speakers of Other Languages courses –improving social integration is an essential public service, says Jenny Roden. After much anticipation, speculation and delay Dame Louise Casey’s review into integrating isolated communities was finally published this week. Optimistically entitled ‘A review into opportunity and […]
Opinion
When some apprentices are not even given quality training, the 10p increase to the apprentice wage is a sham, says Shakira Martin. Based on the last few months, you’d think the government was gearing up to put some of the money that’s been taken from further education back in. We’ve had the introduction of the […]
Two university technical colleges have come out on top in an Ofsted report which found the majority of England’s schools are failing to effectively deliver work-related learning. Ofsted inspectors carried out 40 thematic inspection visits in the spring term this year, to interview staff and pupils about the delivery of what the education watchdog referred […]
The launch of a new nursing degree apprenticeship has been announced by health secretary Jeremy Hunt, with the aim of opening up the profession to more people. The first apprentice nurses could be working on wards from September. It is predicted by the government that once the programme is established, up to 1,000 apprentice nurses […]
This afternoon the Department for Education began publishing reports and recommendations for area reviews in the first two waves. Links below to all 13 and story to follow: Birmingham and Solihull further education area review report : wave 1 Cheshire and Warrington further education area review report : wave 2 Greater Manchester further education area review report : […]
Around 200 of the UK’s top vocational learners were rewarded with gold, silver and bronze medals at the closing ceremony of the Skills Show on November 19. Medals were awarded to the best entrants in 61 different skill areas, with a further 29 young people highly commended for their efforts. It was colleges from Scotland […]
Far from being “elitist”, Lord Sainsbury’s recommendations give those who can’t get into elite universities a chance to compete, says Andy Forbes. I was incensed at Lord Sainsbury being branded “elitist” for his definition of technical education; he is right to set a high bar for quality education in the sector. Far from being “elitist”, the […]
A struggling Greater Manchester college has dropped back down to ‘inadequate’, Ofsted inspectors have found. Stockport College was hit with the grade four verdict in a report published today. It leaves the college’s future looking as uncertain as ever after the report stated: “The college is still in administered status and will be dependent on […]
