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Ministers must consider boosting minimum apprentice pay

The cost of living crisis means the government must act quickly to tackle the barriers to apprenticeship uptake, writes Suzanne Straw Apprenticeships are a key training route to help young people enter the labour market. They also have the potential to act as a vehicle for social mobility. However, our latest research highlights myriad barriers […]

Opinion

Soaring inflation wipes out skills budget boost

Ministers have been urged to immediately add an extra £350 million a year in skills funding on top of planned rises to mitigate the impact or risk damaging their levelling-up agenda

News, Funding

£8m fund to expand degree apprenticeships announced

But officials are yet to flesh out what the funding can be used for

News, Apprenticeships

Do Apprenticeships hold the key to Levelling Up the UK?

David Phillips – Managing Director, City & Guilds and ILM

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DfE permanently scraps annual FE learner and employer satisfaction surveys

The survey is usually taken by hundreds of thousands of students and has run for most of the past decade

News

AELP National Conference 2022 – Book your place now!

Taking place on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 June, the 2022 AELP National Conference will be held at the Novotel London West. Kindly sponsored by The Skills Network, this flagship event in the calendar is a must-attend conference for anybody within the skills and employability sector. We are delighted that this year’s conference will be […]

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Why parents are the barrier to apprenticeship uptake

The challenge to apprenticeship uptake is the stigma of the route for parents, writes Ben Hansford In the UK, university is still broadly viewed as the default path for school leavers. A university degree is seen as the most respected route for young jobseekers which, in the eyes of many, guarantees them a ‘successful’ job. […]

Opinion, Apprenticeships

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 392

Katy Quinn Principal & CEO,City of PortsmouthCollege Start date: Summer term Previous Job: Principal & CEO,Strode College Interesting fact: In her younger years, Katy played County netball for Somerset. Gary Potts Principal, Northumberland College, Education Partnership North East Start date: August 2022 Previous Job: Group Vice Principal – Business, Innovation and Partnerships,Education Training Collective Interesting […]

Movers and Shakers

IFS: Spending on adult education and apprenticeships will be 25% below 2010 levels by 2025

Spending on adult education and apprenticeships fell by 38 per cent in real-terms between 2010–11 and 2020–21

News, Funding