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The government must act quickly if targets for electrical vehicles are to be met

We are on countdown to 2030, when no more new petrol and diesel cars will be allowed – but apprenticeships are lagging, writes Sue Pittock At the conclusion of the Commons passage of the skills bill, the government said the new “future skills” unit within the Department for Education will give schools data to show […]

Opinion

Governors ‘lack urgency’ on financial issues at struggling land-based college, says FE Commissioner

The report said that “financial risks are accumulating”

News

Martin Dunford, chair, Association of Employment and Learning Providers

Martin Dunford, chair and a co-founder of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, is retiring from the role. He reflects on the many policy shifts AELP has achieved over the years “So one day I got this fax through. It was a fax to the ten largest training providers to say, ‘Why don’t we […]

Profiles

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 380

Emma Barrett-Peel Director of apprenticeships, Learning Curve Group Start date: February 2022 Previous Job: Ofsted Her Majesty’s Inspector- Further Education and Skills Interesting fact: Emma owned a royal python as a pet for over 15 years and appeared on the Big Breakfast and MTV in the 90s Alex Khan Vice chair, AELP Start date: February […]

Movers and Shakers

One bill was never going to solve our skills challenge

A long-term cultural shift is needed – so after the bill, we need a ten-year plan, writes Stephen Evans The skills bill is nearing the end of its journey through parliament and will soon become law. Where does this leave us? The purpose of the bill is to make legal changes to enact parts of […]

Opinion, Skills reform

Rationing access to student loans will hit FE colleges harder than universities

Students without minimum grades also have a limited choice of other routes, write Andy Westwood and Ben Verinder Yesterday we got the government’s long-awaited response to the Augar Review, nearly four years after the review was published.   Beforehand, ministers had briefed the introduction of proposed “minimum entry requirements” for access to student loans.  These would […]

Opinion, Skills reform

Zahawi makes plea to peers to leave the skills bill alone

A process informally known as ‘ping pong’ is set to take place

News, Skills reform

The skills bill could have been so much better

Both Labour and Conservative voices have been ignored by the government, writes Toby Perkins After the government blocked no fewer than 32 amendments to the skills bill, education secretary Nadhim Zahawi said it “will leave this place in a much improved state”. I have to disagree. It was weakened, and the skills bill could have […]

Opinion, Skills reform

Unfair: Large apprenticeship providers ‘disproportionately penalised’ by new ESFA rule

Agency to penalise providers for more than 100 withdrawals or delayed completions

News, Apprenticeships