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Almost a fifth of level 2 and 3 apprentices are being paid below the national minimum wage – as the new Apprenticeship Pay Survey has revealed a 1 per cent rise in “non-compliance”. Published this afternoon, the survey for 2018/19 says 19 per cent have reported being paid below that level; which is a slight […]
News
Jess Staufenberg meets an unconventional leader on a mission to unpick the apprenticeships system Many education leadership success stories begin with somebody being the first in their family to go to university, beating all odds and rising through the ranks from there. Anna Morrison is different. The director of Amazing Apprenticeships – the daughter of […]
Profiles
The general election delivered a landslide for the Conservatives. But what does it all mean for apprenticeships and training, asks Richard Alberg The Conservative Party won an 80-seat majority, their largest since 1987. Among other outcomes, uncertainty around Brexit has temporarily abated. The Withdrawal Agreement has passed, and we will transition out of the European […]
Opinion
The police have dropped their criminal investigation against Aspire Achieve Advance (3aaa) – although the Insolvency Service continues its enquiries into the former apprenticeship giant. Derbyshire Constabulary said it had run into “evidential difficulties”. Following a meeting with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) on November 29, 2019, it decided to not pursue the […]
Training providers are “having to turn their backs” on up to 40,000 small businesses due to the shortfall in apprenticeship levy funds. According to the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), two-fifths of 135 apprenticeship providers surveyed are having to reject small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) looking to recruit apprentices. Recognising the problems, the government […]
Small employers can now use the digital apprenticeship service – but they will be initially capped at just three starts each owing to ongoing affordability issues. Updated Education and Skills Funding Agency rules, published today, revealed that the long-awaited transition to the system has begun for non-levy payers. The move will more than double the […]
A police force has been censured by Ofsted for the “poor” quality of its apprenticeship delivery and for not taking prior learning into account, following an early monitoring visit. The Chief Constable of Northumbria (referred to as Northumbria Police in the report) began training its own apprentices in May last year and had 30 apprentices […]
Emma Hardy is to be Labour’s new shadow FE and HE minister, with a pledge to continue “fighting” government for greater investment in the sector. The MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle and education select committee member snapped up the position after it was offered to her by shadow education secretary Angela Rayner […]
A provider to the Premier League has scored well while a national laboratory training firm has done even better over a quiet festive break for Ofsted reports. The only two other reports published during that period for FE were less impressive: FBP Ventures made ‘insufficient progress’ in one area; while HOB Salons failed to improve […]
