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‘apprenticeships’
The Institute for Apprenticeships is now the external quality-assurance provider for a massive 45 per cent of all fully-approved apprenticeship standards, even though it sees itself as the option of last resort. This makes it by far the most popular option among employer groups developing the new apprenticeships, through a service provided on its behalf […]
News
Almost three quarters of the apprentices left jobless following the collapse of Carillion have secured new employment, following an “extraordinary effort” by the construction industry over the last month. At first, 700 were offered alternative apprenticeships by the end of January, after the outsourcing giant entered liquidation on the 15th. But attempts to move more […]
Further education is increasingly being used as a laboratory between competing models of education, and the market model is winning. Ewart Keep explains why marketising education might not be such a safe bet Although many in FE still instinctively talk about the “system”, in reality there are now only markets for different segments of provision […]
Opinion
A college group has been criticised for its poor oversight of subcontractors, in the latest of a new wave of special Ofsted monitoring reports. The RNN Group’s senior leaders’ “management of all subcontractors and subsidiary companies was not good enough” during a period when they oversaw two college mergers. They failed to “evaluate accurately” the […]
Elite sports is one of the hardest industries to break into, yet there are no plans for any technical routes, laments Jo Maher The independent panel on technical education’s report in 2016 identified “15 clear routes to skilled employment” where there is a “substantial requirement for technical knowledge and practical skills”. Sport was not one […]
The college that topped the funding tables during the adult education budget procurement has been awarded an extra £1.6 million for growth – even though it plans to subcontract it all with hefty top-slices. Independent providers, forced for the first time to tender for all their AEB funding, were aghast in November after FE Week […]
Peter Lauener is taking on yet another job next month, this time as chair of the Construction Industry Training Board at the request of the skills minister. The former boss of both the ESFA and the Institute for Apprenticeships, once dubbed the busiest man in FE, will take up the role at the organisation on […]
A former senior advisor to two previous skills ministers is the latest figure in FE to insist the levy is in urgent need of reform, in a new report full of stinging criticism of the recent apprenticeship reforms. Tom Richmond, who worked under Nick Boles and Matt Hancock and left the Department for Education in […]
Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving Kelvin Nash, Principal and CEO, Kendal College Start date: May 2018 Previous job: Vice-principal, Heart of Worcestershire College Interesting fact: Kelvin has worked in the further education sector for 19 years. ____________________________________________ Jane Downes, Chair, FDQ awarding organisation Start date: March 2018 Previous job: Independent veterinary consultant […]
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