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Unemployment ‘should not be an option’ for 18 to 24s

Learning for Life is the Liberal Democrats’ policy paper for education and skills. Lady Brinton explains some of its key points. The Liberal Democrats believe education and skills are critical for both individual opportunity and the overall economic performance of the country. Our new policy on this, which was recently passed at our conference, confirms […]

Opinion

SFA warned about its unpaid traineeship post

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has been warned about “exploiting” young people, after it advertised an unpaid traineeship vacancy which could last up to six months. The agency posted the advert on the National Apprenticeship Vacancy Matching website. It was for a business admin trainee, as part of the government’s new traineeships scheme, where learners […]

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Minister writes to new apprentices on pay

Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has written a letter for every apprentice telling them what they should be earning — despite hundreds of adverts for underpaying apprenticeships remaining on a government-funded website. The letter, which will be distributed to apprentices starting from October 1 by providers, outlines the minimum wage for 16 to 18-year-olds as £2.68 […]

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From college classroom to Shadow FE Minister

Bethnal Green and Bow MP Rushanara Ali has replaced Tristram Hunt as the FE and skills Labour Shadow Education Minister. Ms Ali had previously been on the Labour team for international development since 2011. Following the announcement of her promotion, Ms Ali took to Twitter to say working on the international development brief had been […]

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A year with Hancock on his skills ‘rollercoaster’

BREAKING NEWS: Matthew Hancock MP has today been promoted to Minister of State for Skills & Enterprise. UPDATE: Sector reaction and comment on Mr Hancock’s promotion can be found here. ——————————————————————————————— It’s been just over a year since Matthew Hancock took up the post of Skills Minister, replacing popular predecessor John Hayes. So, amid rumours of […]

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New loans being used for leisure

The government’s £232m pot of cash for FE loans could be going on courses not aimed at getting people into a job or higher education, FE Week has learned. The cash was set aside by the Skills Funding Agency to fund provider “loan facilities” as part of the new 24+ advanced learning loans system, launched […]

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Hundreds ‘fail’ to comply with wage rule

High street fast food business Subway was among hundreds of employers on the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) website advertising jobs that paid less than the national minimum wage, FE Week has discovered. The legally-required amount that employers must pay apprentices went up 3p to £2.68 on October 1. But many jobs — with start dates […]

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Hancock tries out the apprentice high life

Skills Minister Matthew Hancock exchanged his suit for overalls to find out what life was like for an apprentice engineer as part of a job swap scheme. Mr Hancock switched places with City & Guilds apprenticeship champion of the year Jenny Westworth, aged 23, who works at BAE Systems. He said: “It was fantastic to […]

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Free meals should go to all ‘poor’ 16 and 17-year-olds

Extending free school meals to full-time 16-to-18 year old FE students is a popular move across the political spectrum. Mark Corney puts the case for this applying to part-time students too. Everyone is claiming victory over the decision to extend “free meals” to poor 16-to-18 year olds studying at FE colleges. Costing about £40m per […]

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