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Around 250 young people will be affected by lost apprenticeships and engineering jobs at Bombardier, a union has warned. Rail union RMT today said the firm will be forced to reduce apprenticeships from the Bombardier Centre of Excellence, if the Government fails to reverse the decision to send the Thameslink fleet contract overseas. The news […]
News
At this time of year the news is awash with political headlines from party leaders promising what they are going to do for Britain. Conference season is one of the busiest times of the year for any political party. It is an opportunity to showcase a party’s credentials and talents, in the hope of gains […]
Uncategorized
Today the Mail on Sunday published an article which was highly critical of the growth in apprenticeships, particularly at the supermarkets; Morrisons and Asda. The national newspaper contacted FE Week for a quote, as a blue chip company had called them to complain that not all apprenticeships were what the public might expect them to be. […]
As young people struggle to enter the labour market, colleges and other providers are doing all they can to help their students become more employable. But what if the employers won’t play ball? Furious debate continues around what triggered the summer riots and how to prevent further unrest – too often generating more heat than […]
Opinion
The best career decision Dan Taubman ever made, was “not becoming a principal.” When the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) was abolished, where he had worked in adult education for more than 15 years, going into college management seemed like a natural progression. But he was “lucky,” landing the job of union official for further […]
Profiles
By his own admission, Frank McLoughlin wasn’t a particularly academic child. “I can remember this old nun putting her hand on my head and saying to my mum ‘Francie isn’t very clever, not like his brother.’ “And I was thinking ‘My God – I am standing here, you know.’” But growing up in Harlesden in […]
Learndirect has launched Make It Count Week to help improve the nation’s job prospects. Aiming to inspire and encourage 10,000 people to sign up to learning in the week, learndirect has teamed up with 13 partners including the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the National Apprenticeship Service, totaljobs and Centrepoint. They will be encouraging […]
The Bureaucracy Busters, rated PG, coming soon to employers and training providers near you? This is the latest in the Coalition’s on-going saga of deregulation and slashing red tape (see front page). For too long vexatious bureaucracy has held back innovation; Whitehall pen-pushers have strangled professional freedoms and a culture of targets has drowned out […]
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced a package of new measures today that will cut data returns and audit requirements for apprenticeship delivery, despite fraud and the misuse of funding reaching ‘a record high’ (Click here to read the BIS press release). (Click here to read FE Week’s coverage on the increase […]
