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Jacqui Smith should use her bully pulpit to challenge employers

The new minister for skills should use her new position to immediately task employers to recruit more apprentices

Opinion, Apprenticeships

Gordon Brown urges Labour to ‘ignore’ pause and review promise

Ex PM and Lord Sainsbury want new government to renege on a pledge made last year to rethink level 3 VTQ and BTEC cuts

News, Young people

Manchester mayor builds support for MBacc

FE Week visits an Andy Burnham regional event to learn more about his plans to boost technical education

News, Young people

DWP to merge Jobcentre Plus and National Careers Service

New work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall announces overhaul to focus on career advice

News, Adult education, Careers

No ‘quick and easy solutions’ to ‘major’ challenges, Phillipson warns education sector

Labour’s 6,500 new teachers pledge will apply to colleges, according to a letter from the new education secretary

Election 2024, News, Politics

How fake skills cards have opened the door to building site blaggers 

The person purporting to be Adam Philip showed me “evidence” the CSCS card he was selling would evade anti-fraud smart card checker machines (designed to stop fraudsters like him), thereby getting me access to work on construction sites. Severe skills shortages across the construction sector, arguably made worse by recent qualifications reforms, have sparked a […]

Feature, News, Awarding, Long read

In Manchester and nationally, Labour is on a skills mission

Only by rewiring the education system can we grow the economy and help all our young people to fulfil their potential

Opinion, Politics

WEA wins one-year grant reprieve from combined authority

North East Combined Authority’s cabinet said protests from learners informed its decision

News, Adult education

New student leader to oppose more FE austerity

Qasim Hussain wants a seat at the table to advise ministers on policies affecting students and say no to more austerity in FE

Profiles, Long read, Students