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England’s first space apprenticeship set for lift-off

Science minister Amanda Solloway explains why England’s first space engineering apprenticeship is set for launch “Without you Tom, we wouldn’t have gotten to the Moon.” Those were the immortal words of gratitude expressed by then President, Richard Nixon, in 1961 to British rocket engineer Tom Bacon at a White House reception to mark the successful […]

Opinion

Revealed: The 68 apprenticeship standards to be overseen by Ofqual from November

The 68 apprenticeship standards which will have the quality assurance of end-point assessments transferred from the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education to Ofqual in November have been revealed. The standards (see the full list below) all currently use the institute (IfATE) for external quality assurance (EQA), but these duties will be transferred over to […]

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New Careers and Enterprise Company CEO named

The founder and headteacher of a “nationally recognised” school in east London is the new chief executive of the Careers and Enterprise Company. School 21 leader Oli de Botton (pictured) will officially take over at the head of the government-funded quango next year, replacing Claudia Harris, who left in July. The company said School 21 […]

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Mark Dawe, CEO, The Skills Network

The new head of the Skills Network reveals the family and personal influences behind his career to JL Dutaut Mark Dawe is a hard man to pin down. Just 18 months ago, the then boss of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) was opening the FE Week apprenticeships conference with critical comments about subcontracting. “Its […]

Profiles

After Black Lives Matter, it’s time FE led the way on inclusion

FE has some of the most diverse classrooms around and should be setting an example when it comes to representation, writes Teresa Carroll Teaching and learning at its best should reflect the diversity of our learners’ worlds. Covid-19 has brought into focus the disparity in learners’ experiences from a social and economic perspective. Meanwhile, movements […]

Opinion

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 331

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. John Cope, Non-executive board member, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education Start date: November 2020 Concurrent job: Director of strategy, policy and public affairs, UCAS Interesting fact: He once backpacked from one side of Mexico to the other Dayle Bayliss, Non-executive board member, Institute for Apprenticeships […]

Movers and Shakers

Anger and dismay as BAME apprenticeship figures fall

Government efforts to increase apprenticeship take-up by black, Asian and minority ethnic young people have been slammed as a “national disgrace”. New FE Week analysis shows that the proportion of BAME 16- to 18-year-old apprentices is falling and made up just 7.7 per cent of starts in the first three-quarters of 2019/20, compared to over […]

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Up to £80m of unspent national retraining scheme cash on its way back to Treasury

The Department for Education could be forced to hand back up to £80 million to the Treasury after closing the national retraining scheme pilot, FE Week has learned. Skills minister Gillian Keegan last week announced that the retraining scheme would be “integrated” into the new £2.5 billion national skills fund to “reduce complexity” in the […]

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Government researchers call for financial incentive to assess apprentices’ prior learning

The government has been urged by their own researchers to stump up funding for assessing prior learning in apprenticeships, after providers were found to be struggling with the financial viability of complying with the rule. It comes as the Department for Education launches a recruitment drive for three new apprenticeship compliance officers, who will focus […]

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