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‘Skills taxonomy’: new algorithm planned to seek out skills cold spots

A government tender has revealed plans to develop a “skills taxonomy” that could sit at the heart of Department for Education proposals to dictate college courses. Ministers want a new algorithm developed to map England’s skills shortages, with experts predicting it will play a key role in putting local skills improvement plans (LSIPs) together. Beginning […]

News

WorldSkills centres expand to ITPs

A new teacher development programme run by WorldSkills UK is being expanded to independent and employer providers. From Monday until June 4, the organisation – which puts up teams of skilled young people against other nations at international ‘Skills Olympics’ events – will be accepting applications for the second wave of its Centre of Excellence […]

News

Winners of £18m bootcamps tender revealed

The providers chosen to deliver the government’s flagship national technical skills bootcamps have been named. FE Week can reveal 18 organisations, including 11 independent providers – two of which are owned by education giant City & Guilds – two universities, one council and just four colleges, have won funding in the £18 million tender. Association […]

News

The Queen’s Speech is welcome – but passing legislation is only the first step

Following the Queen’s Speech, there are a number of issues to keep an eye on when the Skills Bill arrives, writes Aveek Bhattacharya In one sense, not much has changed in terms of government FE and adult education policy as a result of the Queen’s speech. Last July, in a speech to the Social Market […]

Opinion

Queen’s speech 2021: What was promised for FE and skills

The government has pledged to introduce legislation to support its lifetime skills guarantee policy and enable flexible training throughout people’s lives in the Queen’s speech today. In her address to the state opening of Parliament, the monarch also promised that ministers would address lost learning during the pandemic. Last night, Downing Street confirmed that a […]

News

New legislation set for the ‘Skills Bill’

[UPDATE 11/05/2021: Downing Street has said the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill will be introduced on 18 May]   Ministers are set to introduce a new Skills and Post-16 Education Bill on Wednesday, according to reports. It will follow tomorrow’s Queen’s speech and encompass the legislation promised in the FE white paper to create more […]

News, Skills reform

Revealed: The 13 final runners in £120m Institutes of Technology competition

The proposals in the running for the second wave of the government’s flagship Institutes of Technology have been revealed. There are 13 bids going into the final stage for the £120 million of funding announced by education secretary Gavin Williamson at the Conservative Party conference two years ago. They will be whittled down to eight […]

News

Use Ofsted and ESFA to slow apprenticeship provider growth if things are going wrong

Restrict the funding new apprenticeship providers can initially access and use recognised milestones to help prevent failure, writes Jane Hickie The Skills for Jobs white paper was a good opportunity to run a stock-take on where we are in terms of protecting apprentices and other learners in the FE system when things go wrong. It […]

Opinion

Focus: Do employers set the bar too high for entry criteria to apprenticeships?

Employers are allowed to set their own entry criteria for apprenticeships, even though officially, no formal qualifications are needed. When is the bar being set too high? asks Jess Staufenberg The government has two favourite phrases for its ambitions in further education, and for apprenticeships in particular.   The first is ‘employer-led’. The term, bandied […]

Feature, News, Apprenticeships, Long read