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‘apprenticeships’
The ESFA should be applauded for taking swift and tough action against Talent Training. I expect this story and the associated concerns will be a hot topic at the upcoming AELP conference, but to be clear there can be no grey areas over how levy money should be spent. It must all be used for […]
Opinion
Members of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers have reported apprenticeship starts in May falling to around a quarter of what they were before the reforms kicked-in, according to the organisation’s boss. Mark Dawe gave eager listeners the latest on apprenticeships in a session at 2pm on the first day of the Festival of […]
News
Providers need to assess new apprentices’ skills as soon as they begin training in order to establish a baseline for measuring progress, the education watchdog has said. Chris Jones [pictured above], Ofsted’s specialist adviser for apprenticeships, explained that the lack of qualifications within new apprenticeship standards has led to an “unintended consequence”: trainers will miss […]
The first major speech delivered to the sector by the new skills minister will be at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers conference next week. Anne Milton has still not been officially confirmed as Robert Halfon’s replacement for apprenticeships and skills minister by the Department for Education, as it is still determining details of […]
The Queen’s speech has confirmed that the drive towards T-Levels will continue full steam ahead. The monarch delivered her speech to MPs and peers, setting out the government’s key priorities over the next two years. shortly before midday. She stressed ministers’ determination to create a world-class technical education system. “My ministers will work to ensure people […]
A private equity firm has reportedly paid a massive £700 million to buy out a major independent training provider. The sale of a majority stake in IT provider QA Training – from previous owners Bregal Investments, which bought the firm in 2007, to CVC Capital Partners – was announced today. The deal is reported to […]
Update 1 : At 17:45 the DfE responded by saying the data they published for May is not full the full month. A Department for Education spokesperson said: “The data published did not reflect the full vacancy figures for May, and was only for the first few days of the month. The updated data covering the […]
A Merseyside college hit with an Ofsted grade four in apprenticeships is claiming it will not cut down on staff, despite government rules removing it from the new apprenticeships’ register. St Helens College was given an overall ‘requires improvement’ judgement by the inspectorate in a report published today, but it was branded ‘inadequate’ for its […]
The principal of Weston College Group has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list. Dr Paul Phillips (pictured left), who joined Weston College in 2001, was made an OBE in 2011 and achieved an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade in 2014, has been recognised in the list published today. The keen wrestling fan, according […]
