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‘apprenticeships’
Take the politics out of funding vocational qualifications and trust in the technical expertise of the bodies that have been set up by parliament to regulate and fund them, urges Tom Bewick Remember the “bonfire of the quangos”? In 2009, David Cameron pledged his future administration would put on a Guy Fawkes night to remember; […]
Opinion
This was certainly not a budget for FE or education generally. No additional money was given or promised (apart from a token gesture for schools). This is despite hard evidence that funding per pupil has been falling in real terms and that post-16 education has fared worse than any other area of education. The latest […]
The chair of the government’s post-18 education review remained tight-lipped on whether it will result in more funding for the sector, after yesterday’s budget offered no “little extras” for FE. Speaking at today’s Association of Employment and Learning Providers autumn conference in Manchester, Philip Augar (pictured) said his “first obligation is to report to the […]
News
A charity which supports people with special needs has been rated ‘inadequate’ in every category in a damning Ofsted report, after inspectors found apprentices were not released from their job roles to complete training. Creative Support has been heavily criticised by the inspectorate, which warned the provision offered by the nation-wide employer provider “does not […]
Health Education England has written to NHS trusts encouraging them to use or transfer their apprenticeship levy funds after finding their annual £200 million pot is not being spent fast enough. A joint letter from HEE’s chief executive Ian Cummings and NHS Improvement’s executive director of nursing Ruth May warned that a “large amount of NHS […]
The Treasury has thrown the start date into doubt for when the 10-per-cent fee that small businesses pay when they take on apprentices will be halved. Chancellor Philip Hammond announced yesterday during his Budget speech that SMEs will only have to contribute 5 per cent to the training of their apprentices, as part of further […]
The Education and Skills Funding Agency has revealed plans to tighten up rules for training providers wanting to get onto its apprenticeships register and kick off those who aren’t delivering. Keith Smith (pictured), the agency’s director of apprenticeships, told the AELP autumn conference today that the new beefed up Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers will […]
Four more apprenticeship providers have been banned from taking on new starts after facing criticism from Ofsted – bringing the total number barred up to 16. The latest update to the register of apprenticeship training providers, on Friday, shows the four new providers which will be facing the penalty after being deemed as making ‘insufficient […]
The 10-per-cent fee that small businesses must pay when they take on apprentices will be halved, the chancellor has announced. Philip Hammond (pictured) told the Commons today that SMEs must now only contribute 5 per cent to the training, as part of a “£695 million package to support apprenticeships”. The Treasury originally told FE Week […]
