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Provider goes under following ‘clawbacks’

A Liverpool-based provider that trained around 700 learners has gone into administration, putting 70 jobs at risk. Scientiam appointed administrators from Mazars LLP on Monday, February 4. It held a £2.5m contract with the Skills Funding Agency and had up to five subcontractors. A statement issued by Mazars, which is looking for organisations to take […]

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Survey exposes SFA staff ‘frustration at cuts’

Just one-in-three staff at the Skills Funding Agency believes change is managed well within the organisation, its own survey has discovered. The 2012 people’s survey, completed by 1,114 civil servants at the agency between October 1 and 31, showed that 92 per cent were interested in their work. However, dissatisfaction was covered in other areas […]

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Southampton College supports careers in culture

A Hampshire college is proving its cultural credentials with a leading role in boosting creative industries. City College Southampton is one of four newly-formed regional cluster groups in the eastern and south eastern regions set up to deliver improved training, skills, education and advice to students seeking careers in the creative and cultural sector. And […]

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Michael Davis, CEO, UK Commission for Employment and Skills

The phrase “experiential learner” is one that Michael Davis drops into conversation just as the interview draws to a close. The reference, coming amid discussion of his management style, had been preceded by a notebook scribble that read: “Loads of learning experiences.” The striking thing about this was not the interviewer’s perceptive (if somewhat simplistic) […]

Profiles

What it means to offer a true apprenticeship

We need to send out a clear message about apprenticeships — don’t dumb down the brand, says Graham Hasting-Evans. An independent review of apprenticeships published in November called on the government to improve their quality and make them more focused on bosses’ needs. Its author, Doug Richard, entrepreneur, educator, former Dragon’s Den star and founder […]

Opinion

Apprenticeships: new year, new agenda

Apprenticeships made the news time and again in 2012 with a host of reviews. Graham Hoyle, from the AELP, explains what he thinks should be on the apprenticeship agenda for 2013. As ministers consider the direction they intend to travel following the various reviews of apprenticeships that took place in 2012, it is worth doing a […]

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Traineeship plan revealed

Plans for a new training scheme to equip young people with “the confidence, skills and experience needed to find work” has been announced. FE minister Matthew Hancock has revealed a potential traineeship model, which could be in place by September 2013, and would see 16 to 24-year-olds not in education or struggling to find work […]

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Pearson puts 560 staff at jobs risk

Hundreds of FE workers are facing redundancy after Pearson announced it was planning to close an adult education branch of the business with a loss of £120m. Pearson in Practice, which is built around Melorio, a company bought by Pearson two years ago for £99.3m, is launching a 90-day consultation on the firm’s future. Changes […]

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Government reveals plans for traineeships

Plans for a new training scheme to equip young people with the “confidence, skills and experience needed to find work” has been announced. FE minister Matthew Hancock today revealed a potential traineeship model, which could be in place by September 2013, and would see 16 to 24-year-olds not in education or struggling to find work complete “flexible and […]

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