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‘apprenticeships’
Outstanding black, Asian and minority ethnic apprentices, as well as employers and providers leading in increasing the diversity of apprenticeships, were celebrated at a stellar awards ceremony this week. Twelve individuals, ten employers and one provider walked away victorious from Wednesday night’s BAME Apprenticeship Awards 2020, which were held on YouTube and Facebook after the […]
News
The much-anticipated FE white paper could provide impetus and galvanise support for a bid to host the international WorldSkills competition in the UK. That’s according to the chief executive of WorldSkills UK Neil Bentley-Gockmann, who spoke to FE Week on the first day of the organisation’s International Skills Summit, which is taking place today and […]
Around 20,000 “unfunded” 16 to 18-year-old students are studying in colleges this year following a surge in enrolments due to Covid-19, according to the Association of Colleges. The membership body said that the number – caused by the Education and Skills Funding Agency basing college funding on lagged learner numbers – equates to around £120 […]
The Manchester College principal, Lisa O’Loughlin explains her collaborative strategy to provide the city with routes out of deprivation. By JL Dutaut When Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham called this week for schools to be closed to create a “true circuit break”, it is safe to assume that, as with so many other politicians’ educational announcements, […]
Profiles
The Department for Education has launched a call for evidence to find out what is “working well” with qualifications at level 2 and below. It is part of the government’s review that seeks to simplify England’s “confusing” vocational and technical qualifications landscape by removing funding for those qualifications that compete with T Levels and A-levels. […]
Too many colleges and employers have a ‘diversity and inclusion’ policy but go no further, writes Jeremy Crook Will 2020 mark a turning point in how employers and the FE sector deal with racial inequalities? Those of us working with black and Asian young people are still waiting to see. There has been some progress […]
Opinion
The technical qualifications we end up with must have value for employers and universities, writes Ruth Gilbert As a sector, we have been working hard for many years to raise the parity of esteem between vocational or technical qualifications and academic qualifications. Progress has undoubtedly been made, with the government recognising the important part that […]
Off-the-job training in apprenticeships is clearly critical, while GCSE resits need to be rethought, writes Anne Milton When I attended WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017, I was privileged to be the first government minister to witness WorldSkills on foreign soil. It was an experience I will never forget. I was left in complete awe of the […]
A college in dire financial straits is looking to sell off one of its campuses to balance the books, the FE Commissioner has reported. The commissioner’s team intervened at Greater Brighton Metropolitan College (GB Met) following a request for emergency funding and a Notice to Improve from the Department for Education. Their report, published this […]
