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Apprenticeship levy pilot helping employers make the most of their levy funds

Tanja Kuveljic, chief executive of the charity Believe in Young People, discusses one approach to matching young people with the right options for work and helping employers to make the best use of the apprenticeship levy. It is less than 12 months until the introduction of the government’s apprenticeship levy, and there are still a great […]

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*Exclusive* Cornwall College principal Amarjit Basi resigns

The principal of Cornwall College has resigned, according to a statement from the chair of the board of governors exclusively revealed to FE Week. Amarjit Basi, who has been principal and chief executive of The Cornwall College Group since 2013, will leave his post on July 31, when his deputy Raoul Humphreys will become acting […]

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Marsden tackles Boles on traineeships fudge

The government risks “failing” a generation by mishandling its traineeship scheme, shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden, (pictured) has said. He clashed with skills minister Nick Boles in parliament over the “terrible” rates of progression from traineeships to apprenticeships last week, which FE Week first uncovered with a freedom of information request in June. Progression figures […]

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AELP Conference: Charter status comes in search of some members

Over half of the delegates at the 2016 Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) conference have voted to reject membership of the Chartered Institution for Further Education (CIFE). A majority of 54 per cent said they were not interested in applying for membership, or it was not relevant to their organisation, in an poll […]

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Change needed over ‘casual’ college staff

Sally Hunt explains why the UCU is calling for FE employers to move hourly-paid and casual staff who have been working at an institution for at least two years onto permanent contracts. Last week, FE Week wrote about Lincoln College, where a threat was allegedly made to withhold pay from part-time agency staff because of […]

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Union calls for casual staff to be made permanent after two years

Casual staff who have been working at an FE provider for at least two years should be made permanent, the University and College Union is demanding. This was one of the staffing union’s key negotiating points at its first meeting this month with the Association of Colleges, after it submitted its 2016/17 national pay claim. […]

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NAO will investigate BIS decision to close Sheffield office

The National Audit Office is to investigate the government’s decision to close BIS’ Sheffield office. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills confirmed last month that it will definitely close the office — which could lead to around 250 civil servants with expertise in the FE sector losing their jobs — as part of plans […]

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It’s time to create national digital skills colleges, MPs say

The government should work with the FE sector to create a network of digital skills colleges across the country, a group of MPs has said. This is one of a number of recommendations made by the Commons science and technology select committee in its Digital Skills Crisis report, published on Monday (June 13), based on […]

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BIS advertises eight Institute for Apprenticeships board seats – at £15,000 per annum

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills is recruiting eight board members for the new Institute for Apprenticeships, with a salary of up to £15,000 available for each position. The advert has been posted on the cabinet office’s public appointment’ site, with a closing date of July 20. Interviews scheduled for September. The jobs will […]

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