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Under the skin of the apprenticeships ‘hot potato’

The publication of the delayed Skills Funding Agency Grant Letter loomed over National Apprenticeships Week (which starts on March 9) a bit like … well, anything else that looms. Whether it was a further cut of 25 per cent to the non-apprenticeship Adult Skills Budget, the 25 per cent increase in the budget for 24+ […]

Opinion

Sector chief tells of jobs fear as providers face 24pc funding cut

Association of Colleges chief executive Martin Doel (pictured) has told of his fears that more job losses could be about to sweep away FE and skills staff after it was announced provider budgets would be slashed by up to 24 per cent. He said that with the average college having made 105 redundancies since 2009/10, […]

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‘More resources’ defence to digital criticism

The Association of Colleges (AoC) has defended its members’ efforts to meet business needs for a digitally skilled workforce after a group of Peers said provision was “patchy, unresponsive and not meeting employer needs”. Matt Dean, AoC technology policy manager, hit back at the House of Lords digital skills committee’s latest report, Make or Break: […]

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Niace and Inclusion merger casts jobs shadow

Staff at the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (Inclusion) face an uncertain future with a possible merger on the horizon after the two organisations formed a “strategic alliance”. Neither organisation said it could “rule out job losses or a name change” if the alliance, which […]

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Careers advice hotline brought under one roof

Careers advice hotline services for young people and adults are to be brought under one roof after Serco was awarded a £6m Skills Funding Agency (SFA) contract to deliver both. Serco, which previously ran the National Careers Service (NCS) advice line for adults, will also take up the service for young people, previously delivered by […]

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Colleges ‘not meeting employer needs’ on digital skills, Lords warn

Further education colleges are failing to meet employer needs when it comes to digital skills, an influential group of Peers has warned. In its latest report, Make or Break: The UK’s digital future (pictured below right), the House of Lords digital skills committee claimed that although the FE sector was “best placed” to respond to England’s […]

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Niace sets out demands for FE in budget submission

The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has demanded that the next budget tackle the “crisis” facing adult skills in England. A new advancement service for the jobless, extension of the apprentice charter, a citizens’ curriculum for employment support allowance claimants and partnerships to help loans boost participation in education are all suggestions made by Niace […]

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Niace proposes £100m ‘advancement service’ for low-paid workers – with poll

The government should top-slice from skills and careers budgets to pay for coaches to help people out of low-paid jobs, the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has said. In the first of its Policy Solutions reports, No Limits: From Getting By to Getting On, Niace calls for £100m of existing funding to be […]

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Report showing £800m of public money spent on post-16 drop-outs ‘shines light on careers advice failings’ says AoC boss Martin Doel

A report for the Local Government Association (LGA) claiming more than £800m of public money went on teenagers who dropped out of post-16 education “shines a light on failing careers advice in this country,” Association of Colleges chief executive Martin Doel (pictured above) has said. Analysis for the LGA by the Centre for Economic & […]

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