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Government must do more to tackle diversity problems

Recent evidence that unemployment rates among black 16 to 24-year-old men available for work have risen to 56 per cent – double what it was three years ago – is appalling news. But even worse is the growing evidence that the government is falling short in its efforts to tackle the root causes and direct […]

Opinion

Apprentice minimum wage up 5p

The government has increased the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rate for apprentices to £2.65. It comes following recommendations by the independent Low Pay Commission’s (LPC) recommendations and will come into effect on October 1. However, the NMW rates for 16 to 20-year-olds will remain the same. Confirmation of the new rates is as follows: The adult rate […]

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Jobs saved as Neil Stewart Associates Limited sold

Conference and event organiser Neil Stewart Associates Limited (NSA) has been sold – to Neil Stewart Events Limited (NewCo). Andrew Stoneman and Matt Bond, both of global financial advisory and investment banking firm Duff & Phelps, have confirmed today that they have successfully sold the business and assets of NSA. The sale was concluded on March 15 […]

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Talent search at the AoC HR Conference

Leadership and unearthing talent are two of the big issues for staff who work in the further education sector. But with the right management and direction staff can prosper – not just inside a college, but for the sector as a whole. That was the sentiment of Matt Atkinson, principal of City of Bath College, […]

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Gazelle group report says colleges need a “complete transformation”

Gazelle group members with Richard Branson at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2012 Further education (FE) colleges needs a “complete transformation” if they are to prepare young people for the world of work, according to the Gazelle group. A new report, entitled ‘Enterprising Futures: The changing landscape and new possibilities for further education’, says colleges need […]

News

What next: Raising the participation age

Next year it will be compulsory for 16-year-olds to stay in education or to undertake part-time training while in work. Parliament passed a law in 2008 to raise the participation age. This will finally take effect in 2013; two years later, in 2015, the law will apply to 17-year-olds. Whatever you think of this reform, […]

Opinion

BIS Select Committee to hear evidence from the CEO of Elmfield Training Ltd

Elmfield Training Ltd has been called upon by the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee to give evidence for their inquiry into apprenticeships. The training provider is one of six organisations, including Morrisons, Microsoft, Carillion, Babcock and Robinson Brothers, which has been contacted by the committee to give evidence. Gerard Syddall, company director and […]

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Maxine Room, principal, Lewisham College

Maxine Room says she was never an “archetypal academic”. A mischievous child, who liked to chat, her school reports typically read: “could do better if she concentrated.” Neverthless she left the Skinners Company School for Girls – a selective grammar school in north London – with a good clutch of qualifications and went to Bath […]

Profiles

Apprenticeships in the spotlight

Left to right – Select Committee witnesses: Alex Jackman, Forum of Private Business Denis Hird, JTL Training and Graham Hoyle, AELP Employer contributions and the ‘rebadging’ of former Train to Gain provision were both heavily debated at the first evidence session of the BIS Select Committee inquiry into apprenticeships. The two hour session, held at […]

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