Search Results for

The following 2179 results have been found to match your search query:

‘Jobs’

MPs take fight to save local college to Downing Street

Members of parliament fighting to save a land-based college have escalated the issue to prime minister Boris Johnson, after the FE Commissioner rejected multiple rescue bids. Six Conservative MPs – including former Scottish secretary David Mundell – and former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron have called for the prime minister to support their efforts to […]

News

Labour Party calls for apprentice wage subsidy

The Labour Party has called for the wages of 85,000 young apprentices to be subsidised this year, by using the £330 million apprenticeship budget underspend handed to the Treasury in 2019. The opposition party has put forward the policy in order to boost apprenticeship starts, following a drop of a quarter over the past decade, […]

News

London Mayor to increase AEB funding rates by 10% – but will the ESFA follow?

The mayor of London will increase the funding rates for all adult education budget qualifications up to and including level 2 by 10 per cent next year. It is the second year in a row that Sadiq Khan has announced rates higher than what is offered through the national AEB – funded by the Education […]

News, AEB

Wishing you a healthy, merry Christmas and better times ahead

Jennifer Coupland reflects on the challenges of 2020 and looks ahead to what the new year will hold for apprenticeships I recently marked my first anniversary as chief executive and could never have imagined that I would spend the vast majority of that time working from home, forever at the mercy of my Wi-Fi and […]

Opinion

Why urgent support is needed to address UK skills deficit

New incentives are needed for businesses to train their employees for a post-Covid world, writes Guglielmo Ventura With the economy still in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic, workers (especially the young) in low-paid occupations continue to bear the brunt of lower earnings and redundancy. The crisis has also accelerated trends which predated the pandemic: […]

Opinion

High-profile FE figure sees companies go bust amid ESFA investigations

A chain of large training providers run by a well-known entrepreneur has collapsed amid a government investigation into their funding contracts. Four companies – MiddletonMurray, Astute Minds, Teaching and Learning Group, and FNTC Training and Consultancy – which were owned by entrepreneur and media commentator Angela Middleton, have entered administration. FE Week understands the Education […]

News

£125m promised FE funding delayed

Promised investment in skills training has been questioned after FE Week discovered £125 million of FE funding has been delayed by at least a year. The Conservative Party manifesto pledged a new National Skills Fund (NSF) with £500 million being made available in each of the next five years in England from 2021/22, but last […]

News

Little known skills-based work academy programme given major funding boost

Marius Ardelean found himself without a job and with little prospect of finding another after Covid-19 struck. But he is now about to start a new career after retraining through a long-running skills programme that is finally getting its time in the sun. The 34-year-old (pictured top) had quit his job at the British Museum […]

News

‘Deeply concerning’: Minister’s ‘Skills Toolkit’ figures prove inaccurate, DfE admits

The government has been urged to withdraw claims made in parliament about the take-up of the courses on its new ‘skills toolkit’ after FE Week started asking questions about the figures. Significant over-counting has already led to revised estimates, and an investigation by this publication has found “course start” and “registration” claims in official statistics […]

News