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Thousands of apprenticeships hang in the balance as Interserve rescue plan prompts share collapse

The survival of another outsourcing giant that trains “around 14,000 apprentices each year” appears to hang in the balance, after its shares plummeted amid its attempts to secure a second rescue deal. Interserve, an international support services and construction group which runs a large UK training provider called Interserve Learning and Employment Ltd, is desperately […]

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Ofsted watch: Three providers improve to ‘good’

Three providers – including two colleges – have boosted their grades from three to two this week, while one provider went the other way. Elsewhere it’s been a busy week for monitoring visits, with nine reports published – six for new apprenticeship visits, and three for grade three providers. MidKent College and Northampton College were […]

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IfA appoints Dame Asha replacement as chair of subcommittee

The Institute for Apprenticeships has replaced Dame Asha Khemka as chair of the quality assurance committee, almost two months after she resigned from its board. However, the IfA has still not replaced her vacant position on the board.  Dame Asha stepped down on October 19, three weeks after she resigned from West Nottinghamshire College amid […]

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The apprenticeship levy is public money that needs priorities – before it runs out

The Institute for Apprenticeships is forecasting a £500 million overspend on the levy budget by July 2019, rising to £1.5 billion for the year ending July 2021. It is clear that forecasting models for expenditure, before the Levy’s introduction in May 2017, significantly underestimated the reality, in terms of starts on high value apprenticeships with […]

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Apprenticeship quality remains a ‘mixed picture’, says Ofsted’s Paul Joyce

In July the prime minister claimed that apprenticeship quality had risen since the introduction of the levy and standards – even though Ofsted had found the reverse. Five months on from Theresa May’s comments in parliament, FE Week editor Nick Linford asked Paul Joyce, Ofsted deputy director for FE and skills, if things have improved. […]

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Trailblazer group alarm over funding band reviews

A trailblazer group chair has warned that its “years of hard work” in developing two apprenticeships standards could be undone, after they were included in the Institute for Apprenticeships’ second funding band review. The level two supply chain warehouse operative and large goods vehicle driver standards were among 30 standards named on the list announced […]

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Damian Hinds reacts to concerns that spend on apprenticeships is soaring

The education secretary didn’t deny that the apprenticeships budget is heading for a £500 million overspend this year, when he was quizzed about it by FE Week. Damian Hinds was asked whether he acknowledged the Institute for Apprenticeships’ concern, revealed in a presentation by its chief operating officer Robert Nitsch last week, that “we are […]

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Asian Apprenticeship Awards: the winners

A project management apprentice and student mentor who defied his family’s wish for him to go to university has been crowned apprentice of the year at the Asian Apprenticeship Awards. Ahmed Munshi of BAE Systems, who has mentored nine school and college students alongside his work and studies, took home the top accolade at the […]

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FE colleges are the ‘national infrastructure’ for technical education

Education secretary Damian Hinds delivered a speech about ending “snobbery” over technical education to businesses this morning. He’s written exclusively for FE Week about his plan to tackle the issue, which includes creating a “new generation” of higher technical qualifications One year ago this government launched the first modern industrial strategy for boosting this country’s […]

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