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Best of AoC Conference 2017 supplement | Click here to download Colleges in spotlight like never before The AoC annual conference, coming the week before the budget, was never going to offer anything from the government in the way of new policies or addition funding So we will have to wait until next Wednesday to find […]
Supplements
Simply put, there are too many pathways, says Rob May, and they’re more than likely too specialised to be truly useful More than a few people in the sector believe that multiple regulators and a lack of standardisation will fundamentally undermine the apprenticeship reform programme. It’s an opinion I’ve shared in the past, but I’m […]
Opinion
The gloomy outlook for our economy risks reduced investment via the levy in apprenticeships when we need it most, says Stephen Evans We all have times when we wake up and know it’s going to be a tough day ahead. Theresa May has perhaps had more than most since June’s general election, and the budget […]
An A-list parliamentary cast arrived in Birmingham today to help tackle the “nightmare on skills street” that Britain currently faces at this year’s Skills Show. Early visitors to the NEC arena this morning got the chance to speak with the skills and apprenticeships minister Anne Milton (pictured above), the chair of the education select committee […]
News
A new inquiry into the quality of apprenticeships and skills training has been launched by the House of Commons education select committee. Former apprenticeships and skills minister Robert Halfon, who now chairs the committee, will confirm this during a speech at The Skills Show in Birmingham today. A spokesperson for the committee said: “While many […]
The AoC Beacon Award winners, which recognise innovative and outstanding activities in colleges across the UK, have been announced. The ceremony took place this evening on the opening day of the AoC annual conference at the ICC in Birmingham. Among the winners was Weston College, which achieved a double success, winning awards for improving functional, […]
Bradford College has confirmed that its group chief executive is stepping down after it received both a financial notice to improve and an Oftsed grade three in short succession. Andy Welsh, who became group chief executive in August 2014, is stepping down at the end of this academic year. The Education and Skills Funding Agency […]
The new chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships is military man Sir Gerry Berragan, who was previously unveiled as a board member. He was a career soldier for 37 years, finishing as adjutant general, responsible for all army personnel matters, serving between August 2012 and August 2015. Sir Gerry had been appointed the army’s […]
Ofsted will conduct early monitoring visits at new providers entering the apprenticeship market to sniff out any “scandalous” attempts to waste public money, the chief inspector has said. In front of hundreds of college leaders at the AoC Conference this afternoon, Amanda Spielman announced new measures to ensure that situations like the Learndirect debacle are […]
