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Will Torrent, confectionery consultant, Waitrose

 At 26, Will Torrent has achieved more than many chefs could ever dream of. He’s worked with celebrity cook Heston Blumenthal at the Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant, won a host of awards, including a WorldSkills medal for his chocolates and desserts, and is the pastry consultant for the supermarket Waitrose. He’s recently finished his first book, Patisserie […]

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Exclusive interview with BIS committee’s chair

With the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee report highlighting a number of apprenticeship issues, FE Week deputy editor Chris Henwood met chairman Adrian Bailey MP to discuss where he thinks the government is getting it wrong. Are you critical of the government’s aims on apprenticeships? The government has interpreted this programme as being a […]

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Teachers unskilled to provide careers advice

The fifth annual Colleges Week has kicked off with the publication of a report that shows schoolteachers and parents are struggling to give youngsters the right advice to prepare for the world of work. Colleges Week bosses are hoping students and lecturers will take part with a host of events up and down the country […]

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Westminster event: professionalism in FE as Lingfield Review is launched

Principals, teachers and experts gathered to discuss improving the status of staff in colleges and training providers at a roundtable event in Westminster. The impact of Lord Lingfield’s independent review on professionalism in further education was at the core of the panel’s debate, which included chief executives from the Association of Colleges (AoC), the Learning […]

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New report critical of government’s education divide

The government’s departmental split over education responsibility has been branded “damaging and artificial” in a new report from the 157 Group. The division of arrangements for those aged 18 and under, and those aged 19 and above, “risks separating planning for apprenticeships from that for other routes.” Effective Transitions from School to Work: The Key […]

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Stop, start, sideways; that’s how adults learn

The jobs market of the future will be unrecognisable to most of today’s workers — education needs to grasp that to do best by its learners, says David Hughes, chief executive at NIACE. I’ve just returned from a fascinating week in Australia where I took part in a major conference on the future of work. […]

Opinion

Job losses as Skillsfinder UK Training goes in to administration

A national training provider with nearly £2.5m of contracts last year has gone into administration with the loss of 40 jobs. The move has affected the education of 450 learners handled by Birmingham-based Skillsfinder UK Training. The firm, set up last year, had contracts with lead providers Total People and Remit. It also dealt with […]

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The truth behind the 16-18 apprenticeship problem

Falling apprenticeship numbers among 16 to 18-year-olds have come as no surprise to Peter Cobrin, from Apprenticeships England, who looks at how to stop any further declines. So now the truth is out — government figures reveal a ten per cent fall in 16-18 apprenticeships. Let me provide some answers as to why this is […]

Opinion

Elmfield Training ‘tells 400’ staff their jobs are at risk

A training provider that helped deliver one of the UK’s biggest apprenticeship programmes at Morrisons is shedding a third of its 600-strong workforce, it has been claimed. Two in every three of Elmfield Training staff were warned on October 4 they could be facing redundancy, according to a worker who wanted to remain anonymous. Documents […]

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