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All 16-18 apprenticeships to last at least one year

All apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year-olds must last at least a year, Skills Minister John Hayes MP will announce in the House of Commons today. Mr Hayes is expected to say that all new apprenticehips must take place for a minimum of 12 months from August 2012, and include a ‘rigorous’ amount of job-relevant […]

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Jobs saved as National Extension College sold

An arm of the crisis hit Learning and Skills Network (LSN) has been sold. Ian Oakley-Smith, David Hurst and Karen Dukes of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the administrators of LSN, have revealed this afternoon that National Extension College (NEC) has been bought by the Open School Trust. As previously revealed by FE Week, the LSN went into administration last month […]

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Skills are the key at sustainable employment conference

Unemployment has returned to politics with a vengeance. The number of young people not in employment, education or training continues to rise across the country, fuelling concerns of a ‘lost generation’ that will impact the future growth of the economy. The opportunities for adults with minimal qualifications is similarly bleak. The solution is to implement […]

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Stop bashing schools

This conference season has felt particularly ‘anti-school’. Don’t get me wrong, there’s always been an element of schools bashing, but this year it feels more desperate, and I think that’s because it’s not just from the usual suspects. Working in education and across sectors (primary, secondary and further education) you see the ‘bashings’ come in […]

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Sale continues as jobs are cut at LSN

A charity forced into administration by a crippling pension liability and decreasing income has been forced to cut jobs. Global financial experts PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have revealed to FE Week that 23 jobs have been lost from Learning and Skills Network (LSN). Ian Oakley-Smith, David Hurst and Karen Dukes, of PwC, were last month appointed as […]

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Autumn Statement: Osborne confirms plans to tackle youth unemployment

Chancellor George Osborne confirmed a number of policies designed to put tackle youth unemployment during his Autumn Statement yesterday. Mr Osborne emphasised a Youth Contract worth over £940 million that will offer young people on Jobseekers Allowance work experience, apprenticeships and jobs. “Private sector work experience for every young person unemployed for three months,” the […]

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£1b to tackle youth unemployment

A £1 billion package has been announced to tackle youth unemployment, as the number of 16-24 year-olds out of work, education and training reaches a record high. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Employment Minister Chris Grayling announced today the money will be spread over next three years to provide unemployed young people with extra […]

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FE Week investigates: The great SFA giveaway

We take an in-depth look at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and five of its latest moves and policy decisions, including redundancy packages for hundreds of jobs, money offered for NEETs and the re-opening of a core growth fund. Millions spent on SFA redundancy packages More than £17 million will be spent on voluntary redundancy packages for […]

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It’s about time we rescued apprenticeships from politics

Apprenticeships are far too popular with the general public for their own good. It’s so easy for politicians to bask in a warm glow of approval when they announce increased support for apprenticeships that they are currently seen as the answer to far more problems than they can realistically solve. Here are four examples. – […]

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