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Whitehall is failing as a moral leader on apprenticeship targets

Whitehall chiefs, headteachers and local government leaders should have their performance and pay incentives linked to hitting the apprenticeship target, writes Tom Bewick Did you hear about this year’s April Fools’ joke over at the Department for Education? A senior official walked into the secretary of state’s office and said: “Minister, I’m pleased to report […]

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Tripling traineeships: no growth yet, but new providers remain upbeat

The government has failed to boost radically the number of traineeships in the first half of the year – but providers tasked with tripling the number of starts insist they are up for the challenge. FE Week analysis of the latest Department for Education data shows there were 8,800 starts between August 2020 and January […]

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Race report ‘avoids tackling’ systematic discrimination in apprentice recruitment

An ethnic minority representative group has slammed a prime ministerial commission’s proposal for an apprentice recruitment campaign “highly targeted” at diverse communities.  The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities claimed this week that “prejudice and ignorance” within ethnic minority families led to a low take-up of apprenticeship starts in their communities.  FE Week analysis of […]

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First college in England to gain nursing course approval revealed

The first college in the country to have its own nursing provision approved for direct delivery has been revealed today. South Devon College has gained Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) approval and can now deliver its own nursing associate programme rather than having to partner with a university. The NMC is the regulator for nursing […]

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Race commission shines spotlight on apprenticeship ‘disparities’

The government’s commission on racial disparities has called for a new apprenticeship recruitment campaign “highly-targeted” at young people “facing discrimination or disadvantage”. A report published today by the commission claimed ethnic minority families have a mixture of “ignorance and prejudice” about apprenticeships. That contrasts with white families, who show “a mixture of stronger traditions of […]

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The Lowered Threshold: Our Support to You

After a challenging year for Colleges and providers, as everyone is now aware the ESFA announced that the Adult Education Budget threshold for colleges has been lowered to 90% rather than the normal threshold of at least 97% of their allocation. The reduction to 68% last year, owing to the impact of Covid-19, led to […]

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We must tackle the worrying trend in digital skills and qualifications

Our latest report reinforces findings that the digital skills gap is gendered and has regional biases, writes Emma Roberts Essential, and in demand. This is the stark message from employers about the absolute necessity of high-quality digital skills. Yet a worrying trend is emerging. While employer demand for digital skills is set to continue to […]

Opinion

Mixed response to restated public sector apprenticeship target

The government’s single-year extension to the public sector apprenticeship target has received mixed reaction from in-scope bodies. It was announced last Friday that the target of having apprentices make up 2.3 per cent of new public sector employees would be restated from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. Most sectors of the public workforce […]

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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 348

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Judy Ling Wong Chair, Green Apprenticeships Advisory Panel, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education Start date: March 2021 Concurrent job: Honorary president, Black Environment Network Interesting fact: Vanity Fair recently gave her a ‘Challenger’ award as part of International Women’s Day for her work campaigning for […]

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