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National student photography exhibition captures life of sixth form college learners during lockdown

An online photography exhibition to showcase the life of sixth form college students during lockdown has been launched by the apprenticeships and skills minister today. More than 140 students from 46 colleges submitted contributions to “At home”, which is being co-ordinated by the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA). Department for Education minister Gillian Keegan said: […]

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Adult apprentices CAN return for face-to-face contact from 15 June, says DfE

The government has confirmed that colleges and training providers can begin face-to-face contact with adult apprentices from 15 June, but reiterated that 16 to 19 apprentices should be “prioritised”. In updated guidance published this afternoon, the Department for Education repeated their view that providers should include apprentices in their wider reopening plans alongside students on […]

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Redundancies planned at massive apprenticeships provider to government

A huge training provider that delivers hundreds of apprenticeships for the civil service is planning to make major redundancies. Training giant QA Limited, which currently employs over 2,250 staff, is bracing itself for business to plummet following recent conversations with their clients as a result of Covid-19. FE Week understands that hundreds of those jobs […]

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What do we need to know? Apprenticeship quango surveys employers

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has launched an online survey to find out what impact coronavirus has had on recruitment and what more they can do to support employers. Apprentice employers are being asked to forecast how their recruitment over the summer will compare to the same time last year and for “key […]

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AELP drops Covid-19 supplier relief legal challenge

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers has decided to not pursue legal action against the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s Covid-19 supplier relief scheme. Lawyers have advised that the only challenge they could now take would be to seek a judicial review, which the board of the membership organisation believes would come “at a […]

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Monthly apprenticeships update: March starts fall 24% while April plummets by 72%

Apprenticeship starts for the month of March 2020 are down by a quarter while April plunged by 72 per cent on the previous year, new government data has revealed. Monthly provisional figures for both of those months were published by the Department for Education this morning and show the huge impact that the Covid-19 pandemic […]

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Dawe quits AELP to lead training provider

Mark Dawe is stepping down as chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers to head up a major subcontractor to colleges. He began telling staff today that he is set to leave the role this summer after leading the membership organisation for four years. Current chief operating officer, Jane Hickie, has been […]

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PM ‘will look at the idea’ of offering an ‘apprenticeships guarantee’

The prime minister has said he will “look at the idea” of giving young people aged 16 to 25 an “apprenticeship guarantee”. Boris Johnson made the commitment this afternoon after stating that apprenticeships “are going to play a huge part in getting people back onto the jobs market” from Covid-19. He was taking questions from […]

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Labour hits out at government response to AELP’s claim ESFA provider relief is ‘unlawful’

Labour has accused the government of failing to make a “serious attempt” to answer AELP’s claim that the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s supplier relief scheme was “unlawful”. Shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey and shadow apprenticeships minister Toby Perkins have expressed their “disappointment” today in a joint letter to education secretary Gavin Williamson that urged […]

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