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Barnfield College could lose its apprenticeships provision

Barnfield College has been rated grade four by Ofsted for apprenticeships, which means it will lose the right to offer them under updated government rules. An inspection report out this morning rated it ‘requires improvement’ in all other headline fields, except for adult learning programmes and provision for people with high needs, where it was ‘good’. […]

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Regional winners of inaugural Annual Apprenticeship Awards announced

The regional winners of the inaugural Annual Apprenticeship Awards have been announced at a special ceremony in the House of Commons today. The categories included ‘apprentice employer’, ‘apprenticeship provider’ and ‘promoting apprenticeships campaign’, and winners will now head to the national finals on March 22. The event was sponsored by the chair of the education […]

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Anne Milton’s inspirational words for learners on National Apprenticeship Week

Doing an apprenticeship rather than going to university can take “guts”, the skills minister has told a group of apprentices. Anne Milton was speaking at an apprentice round table hosted by apprenticeship agency WhiteHat, founded by Euan Blair [pictured above with Ms Milton], at the start of National Apprenticeship Week 2018. “I think anybody who […]

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Jason Holt named Apprenticeship Ambassador Network chair

Jason Holt CBE, the chief executive of HoltsGroup, has been named chair of the Apprenticeship Ambassador Network, replacing its disgraced former chair David Meller. This is a promotion for Mr Holt, who had previously been the apprenticeships ambassador for small businesses. The Association of Employment and Learning Providers was quick to tweet its congratulations. Fantastic […]

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National Apprenticeship Week 2018 celebrates best of earning and learning

The very best of what earning and learning means for learners and employers will be celebrated during the eleventh National Apprenticeship Week. The theme for 2018’s event, running from March 5 until March 9, is ‘Apprenticeships work’. Events will showcase the ways apprenticeships produce huge benefits for individuals, businesses, communities and the wider economy. Sue […]

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DfE ‘plain sloppy’ at policing apprenticeship minimum wage adverts

Providers on the government’s apprenticeship search site are not being effectively policed to ensure they advertise legal wages – and the shadow skills minister has accused it of being “plain sloppy”. The apprenticeship national minimum wage is rising from £3.50 to £3.70 per hour in April, but FE Week has discovered that this detail is […]

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Job-switch plan stalls for former Carillion apprentices

Efforts to find alternative employers for former Carillion apprentices have stalled, because it’s proving difficult to match them with companies close enough to where they live. Skills minister Anne Milton announced in late January that over half of the 1,400 affected trainees had been found alternative roles since the outsourcing giant collapsed. This was down […]

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IfA boss admits fears for tight T-levels timescale

The boss of the organisation that will be responsible for T-levels has admitted he has deep concerns at the “worryingly tight” delivery timeline. Sir Gerry Berragan, the chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships, made his fears known during a keynote speech at an Ofqual conference for vocational education awarding organisations in Birmingham this week. […]

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The PAC’s five recommendations following its inquiry into Learndirect

The Public Accounts Committee has today published its report into the monitoring, inspection and funding of Learndirect. Members of the committee grilled the organisations who’ve been closest to the saga involving the nation’s biggest FE provider during a hearing in January. Learndirect was given an ‘inadequate’ rating by Ofsted in a report published in August, […]

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