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Apprenticeships in pharma are on the up. Here’s how to make sure they stay that way

Apprenticeships are a powerful tool for bridging the skills gap in the pharmaceutical sector – essential if we are to keep one of the UK’s most innovative industries globally competitive. With constant advancements in technology and medical research, the skills required within the industry are always changing and evolving. The demand for skilled workers has […]

Opinion, Apprenticeships

Mind the gap: adult skills education must adapt to changing learner needs

New research reveals seismic changes in job supply and employee demands with considerable repercussions for adult education, explains Iviyot Oberoi

Opinion, Adult education

PeoplePlus walks away from AEB delivery

Three years ago PeoplePlus held the largest national AEB contract among all independent training providers

News, Training Providers

Why Manchester’s proposals could lead straight MBacc to square one

Greater Manchester’s reforms are a step in the right direction but the journey has much further to go to get our sector Bacc to the future, writes Marius Ostrowski

Opinion

Ian Pryce, chief executive, Bedford College Group

Ian Pryce believes FE “hasn’t been good” at telling the story of how 30 years of college independence from government changed it “out of all recognition”. The chief executive of the Bedford College Group, is determined to redress that in his final FE Week interview as he approaches retirement. There is a perfect synchronicity to […]

Profiles, Colleges, Long read

Destination defund: the fight to save travel and tourism courses

High-profile workforce shortages in the travel industry haven’t stopped the government’s plans to defund rafts of popular courses. Jessica Hill investigates what’s next for travel and tourism training. When stories about long queues at UK airports hit the headlines last summer, travel woes were blamed on staffing shortages across the industry. But with the government […]

Feature, News, Long read, Skills reform

London shows local FE partnerships are key to driving the green skills agenda  

Mark Jenkinson explains how college-led partnerships in London are better meeting the needs of green industry employers

Opinion, Colleges, Training Providers

Education must adapt to deliver the key employment skills of a changing workplace

A new NFER report suggests it’s time to revisit the national curriculum to embed six employment skills that will power the future economy, explains Luke Bocock

Opinion, Careers

Another 92 courses face the chop to make way for T Levels

Halfon reveals the latest round of qualifications facing the chop to make way for T Levels, including popular engineering BTECs

News, Politics, Young people