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The government must pay young people to enter traineeships

Traineeships are getting good outcomes but are being crowded out by other subsidised programmes, writes Jane Hickie As we enter 2022 with sluggish economic growth, rising inflation and stubborn rates of youth unemployment, it’s more vital than ever that we equip our young people with the skills employers need. All evidence shows that traineeships have […]

Opinion

We need huge new initiatives to support new skills and retraining

Writing off stranded learners’ debts is a good start, but there’s more to be done on access to adult education

Opinion

Providers wanted for ‘portable’ apprenticeships pilot

Apprentices will have multiple employers under the new ‘flexi-jobs’ programme.

News, Apprenticeships

Skills bootcamps to be erected in nine new areas

Existing providers of ‘high quality’ bootcamps have also been handed funding

News, Adult education

College left ‘surprised’ as Ofsted grades apprenticeships ‘inadequate’

Inspectors found ‘serious weaknesses’ but also reported a number of positive aspects of the college’s provision

News, Ofsted

How important is FE to ‘levelling up’?

In the 2021 Queen’s Speech, the government stated that it intended to “level up opportunities across all parts of the UK, supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth”. Furthermore, the government has signified its prioritisation of levelling up, by creating the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to progress this agenda. But how does further […]

Opinion

AoC recommends ‘kick in the teeth’ 1% college staff pay rise – again

Unions say staff will ‘rightly be furious at this offensive’ offer

News

TEC Partnership leader appointed new Hull principal

Gray becomes the college’s sixth leader in two years

News, Colleges

The new white paper is far too vague about prison education

The strategy is making the right noises, but key details – including any new funding for prison education – are worryingly absent, writes Jon Collins The focus on getting people leaving prison into jobs in the government’s new prisons strategy white paper is welcome. But education is the key building block that enables prison-leavers to […]

Opinion, Skills reform