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HTP Training’s ‘outstanding’ achievement

HTP Training is celebrating achieving a 95 per cent success rate for its apprentices – the best in Southern England. HTP which achieved ‘Outstanding, Grade 1’ status from Ofsted in 2008 is now one of the 12 best training providers in the UK. The announcement was made by Rachael Fidler, HTP’s managing director, during a […]

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Unlocking the secrets of Swiss skills success

On June 18 Shane Chowen took a four-day break from his full-time job as Policy Officer for IfL and travelled to Switzerland for a ‘study and media trip’, reporting exclusively for FE Week What’s clear from day one is that you can’t help but be impressed with the Swiss set-up for apprenticeships. In fact, as […]

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Skills provision for the unemployed

Skills provision for unemployed adults has never been more important. Skills allow people to escape the low pay, no pay cycle in which those with low skills can all too often find themselves trapped. They also allow them to work in a new occupation if poor health or changing economic demand means that they cannot […]

Opinion

New apprenticeships are flying high

When Vince Cable and John Hayes announced the second list of successful higher apprenticeship bids last week, everyone should have taken note and appreciated the real transformation that is taking place. It is not simply the growing list of occupations likely to attract the attention of young people and their parents. It is also the […]

Opinion

Staff and students lobby MPs over FE loans scheme

Staff and students are campaigning against the introduction of FE loans today. Protestors have written to the skills minister John Hayes asking for “urgent clarification” on whether the scheme will result in fewer places at FE colleges and independent training providers. They will also be lobbying MPs in their local constituency. Toni Pearce, vice president for […]

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New round of higher apprenticeship funding allocated

Business secretary Vince Cable has announced 4,239 new higher apprenticeships in sectors such as aviation, low carbon engineering, legal services and space engineering. Providers have been allocated almost £6.5 million to develop the places as part of the second round of the higher apprenticeship fund, which is worth £25 million. Doing an apprenticeship should be […]

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Richard Review interview

Entrepreneur Doug Richard is to lead an independent review into the future of the apprenticeship programme in England. The former Dragon’s Den investor has been commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Department for Education (DfE) to look at how the government can build on the record number of new apprentices. […]

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Guest reporter Shane Chowen heads to Switzerland

On the 18-21 June I’m taking a four day break from being Policy Officer for IfL, and will be in Switzerland for a ‘study and media trip’, reporting exclusively for FE Week Each day I will be posting snippets from the trip on this web page, so stay tuned. Also follow the #FEweekontour hash-tag ——————————————————————————————————————— […]

Opinion

Graham Hoyle, chief executive, AELP

“My father gave me two pieces of advice: ‘don’t do shift work’ and ‘join the civil service,” says Graham Hoyle, of his early careers education. Growing up in Barton Hill, a “tough, inner-city” area of Bristol, he wanted to join the police force, but years of watching his father work long, unsociable hours at the […]

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