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Central government agencies have failed to produce a successful skills policy – now it’s time for the devolved authorities to take over, argues Shane Chowen Next to reforming technical education and apprenticeships, the devolution of the adult education budget to newly elected Metro-Mayors is up there as one of the most disruptive policy agendas in […]
Opinion
At least 1,300 apprentices are still studying without an apprentice assessment organisation in place, FE Week can reveal. The scale of the problem has improved little since last October, when one former civil servant called the situation “diabolical” and “disrespectful” to apprentices. Analysis of the latest statistical first release shows that 140 of the 1,300 […]
News
Six Conservative MPs, including three former education ministers, have been nominated to stand for election to chair the House of Commons education committee. The deadline for nominations officially passed at 3pm today, and Nick Boles, Rehman Chishti, Robert Halfon, Tim Loughton, Stephen Metcalfe and Dr Dan Poulter have officially made the ballot. The MPs had to […]
Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving Steve Hearty is the new director of apprenticeships and standards at the Construction Industry Training Board. The CITB is a partner in the Sector Skills Council for the construction industry across England, Scotland and Wales, working closely with industry to ensure high standards and fully qualified […]
Movers and Shakers
Less than half of the employers eligible to register on the government’s apprenticeship system had done so by the end of May this year, new government statistics suggest. A total of 8,200 accounts were registered by May 31, according to figures published for the first time by the Department for Education on July 6. But […]
– Greening begs big business for help with “substantive” work placements, while DfE refuses to commit to original plan for 2019 launch The education secretary has explained to FE Week how she’ll tackle the mammoth task of convincing huge numbers of employers to run three-month work placements for T-level learners. Justine Greening called on businesses […]
Apprenticeship start rocketed in the months before May when mandatory cash contributions from employers kicked in, the latest Department for Education figures show. In the first half of the 2016/17 academic year apprenticeship start volumes were similar to the previous year, but between February and April they grew by 52,700 (47%). FE Week understands the majority of this […]
The major recent reforms to the UK’s apprenticeship system are still at a very early stage, so the talk by Keith Smith, one of the country’s top skills civil servants, to the Association of Employment Learning Providers’ annual conference was eagerly anticipated to say the least. And while the director of funding and programmes at […]
Former skills minister, Robert Halfon, is to stand for election to chair the House of Commons Select Committee for education, FE Week can reveal. Mr Halfon was reelected in May to his constituency of Harlow, but returned to the backbenches in a reshuffle after just under a year as minister for apprenticeships and skills. The role […]
