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Number 10 seeks education and skills deputy director for new delivery unit

Number 10 is seeking a “deputy director for education, jobs and skills” to work in a new unit set up to drive policy implementation. According to a job advert, the new £71,000 to £117,800-a-year role will be based in the Number 10 Delivery Unit, a new team within the Cabinet Office that “should grow to […]

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A big lesson from the pandemic is the role local government plays

Councils have had to respond to the collapse of some of their region’s biggest employers, writes Richard Leese As the vaccine is rolled out and the economy opens up, local government is turning its attention to planning and supporting recovery. With the powers to work in partnership with national government and others, councils can help […]

Opinion

Young people aren’t digital natives in the way employers need

Being a digital native for employers is very different to how young people use  their devices daily, writes Bev Jones Generation Z is regarded as digitally enabled. They are the generation that has grown up with technology being an inherent part of their lives – in the way they communicate, socialise and access entertainment.    So […]

Opinion

Government should fund apprentice wages for SMEs, says Halfon

The government should pay apprentice wages and fund their full cost of training “for at least a year” if they work for a small or medium-sized employer (SME), an influential MP has said. Robert Halfon, chair of the education select committee and a former skills minister, believes the chancellor’s extra investment for apprentice incentives and […]

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Universal credit rules hold people back from training, warns report

Universal credit rules are excluding people from training and must be scrapped if the government is serious about its levelling up agenda, according to a new report. The Association of Colleges has today accused policy-makers of creating an “education vs work” divide. In a report titled ‘Let Them Learn: Further education colleges’ support for the […]

News, Skills reform

Government careers agency bemoans lack of Baker Clause compliance

The head of the government’s careers quango has bemoaned how independent providers have not been given enough access to schools to talk up technical education. Speaking at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers national conference today, Oli de Botton (pictured, right) committed the Careers and Enterprise Company to this year making sure more students […]

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Secrecy fuels suspicions as DfE refuses to share AEB clawback evidence

The government has refused to share the evidence used to justify its controversial adult education clawback plans – fuelling suspicion among sector leaders. Principals have demanded transparency after the Department for Education said that any college or community learning provider which delivers less than 90 per cent of its national adult education allocation this year […]

News, Adult education

Lessons learned from training through the pandemic

College leaders have shared the key lessons and insights they have learned from delivering training through the pandemic in a new report. The Collab Group of colleges has published “Reflections from Further Education Leaders on the Impact of Covid-19” to share best practice from the past year. It is based on interviews with leaders including […]

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Prison education: 5 things we learned from today’s education committee hearing

The Commons’ education select committee heard from expert witnesses and two sector leaders today as part of its ongoing inquiry into prison education. The inquiry is intended to review current arrangements for learners in custody, including what barriers exist to delivering apprenticeships. In the first of two sessions, MPs heard from NACRO’s director of education […]

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