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Jeremy Corbyn will expand on his party’s plans to offer free lifelong education through a National Education Service later today, at the Association of Colleges’ annual conference. Held at the ICC in Birmingham with FE Week as the premier media partner, this is one of the key events in the FE calendar, and this year […]
News
The government has rejected a call from an influential parliamentary group for at least one end-point assessment organisation to be in place before an apprentice can start on a standard. The refusal came as part of its response to a Commons select committee report on apprenticeships, published this morning. The original report, published in March […]
Employers want to make the new T-levels work, but they will need clear, practical support, writes Stephen Evans The new T-levels will rely on employers in a number of ways: to help shape content, deliver work placements, and, by getting these right, giving them credibility in the labour market. The scale of the ask is […]
Opinion
Ofsted has completed its first monitoring visit at Learndirect, as the provider attempts to improve on its ‘inadequate’ rating before its funding ends next July. The nation’s largest FE provider has been under the microscope ever since it shocked the sector with a grade four that seemingly came out of the blue. FE Week can […]
Six months after the Conservatives committed to cutting travel costs for apprentices in their election manifesto, there is no evidence the policy is near to being implemented. It was one of the major FE policies included in the Conservative manifesto in May, when the party pledged to “introduce significantly discounted bus and train travel for […]
David Hughes has “serious concerns” about the unstoppable rise of management apprenticeships and the consequent lack of opportunities for young people. In an exclusive interview with FE Week ahead of the AoC’s national conference next week, the organisation’s boss warned that FE would end up with a “polarised system” if the numbers taking apprenticeships in […]
Richard Atkins reflects on a year at the helm of one of the most important jobs in FE, and what is to come In April last year, I retired after 21 years as a college principal, and planned to work less and relax more. By the end of October I had started work as the […]
Based on her upcoming research, Sallyann Baldry explains how colleges and training providers should be preparing for end-point assessment End-point assessment is the testing at the end of an apprenticeship that is set, administered, marked and graded by an organisation that wasn’t involved in its delivery, either as training provider or employer. Each standard has […]
More than 500 people descended on Birmingham’s Edgbaston Cricket Ground for an annual awards ceremony celebrating the best apprentices from the British Asian community and their employers, reports Samantha King. Now in their second year, the Asian Apprenticeship Awards brought together apprentices, employers and representatives from across the FE sector to raise the profile of […]
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