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Staff from Gateshead College protest over pay cuts and increased working hours. As the economic downturn continues to put pressure on the sector, staff at FE colleges up and down the country are increasingly facing the prospect of redundancy. In the last few weeks, a wave of institutions have revealed plans for potential redundancies in […]
News
A new flexible provision to deliver programmes tackling localised skills needs has been introduced in the FE sector. The Innovation Code, which formed part of the commitments featured within New Challenges, New Chances, is now live. Although the Code has been widely well received, sector membership bodies have told FE Week that they hoped it […]
They are the future stars of industry in the south and last month they joined forces to learn more about life in the workplace. Hundreds of students across marine, construction and electrical courses took part in City College Southampton’s industry week, which saw them work on hands-on and competitive activities to prepare them to go […]
Bulletin
Born into a family of mill workers, machine operators and motor mechanics, John Widdowson jokes that he is the first in his family who hasn’t had to work for a living. Growing up in Lancashire, he was a studious child, who – much to the despair of his father and grandfather – was absolutely “useless” […]
Profiles
Panorama will broadcast ‘The Great Apprentice Scandal’ on BBC One at 8.30 tonight, and will focus on 16-18 IT apprenticeships delivered by Zenos (although not mentioned in their press release), Morrisons apprenticeships delivered by Elmfield Training and a number of apprenticeship subcontractors. Read the Panorama press release below in full: More than 1 in 10 of all […]
The reporter behind the investigative look at apprenticeships has lifted the lid on what viewers can expect when tuning into the show next week. Apprenticeships will be thrown into the spotlight when BBC’s flagship TV show Panorama presents The Great Apprentice Scandal at 8.30pm on BBC One. The billing pledges to look at the “story […]
L -R: Lawrence Vincent, Bournemouth and Poole College , James Reed, from Reed and David Grailey, NCFE The unemployment crisis is a top priority for the coalition government. With more than a million young people out of work, the focus is now increasingly shifting to the education sector, including FE, to help students successfully transition […]
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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
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 […]
