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The shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has reaffirmed her support for FE Week’s #SaveOurApprenticeships campaign at a Labour Party Conference rally this evening. Speaking at the rally in the Pullman Hotel in Liverpool, Rayner described it as a “really important campaign”, and one which is very close to her heart. The campaign aims to send […]
News
What is the purpose of FE & Skills Providers? Local economic improvement? The national economy? Supporting local businesses? Guaranteeing gainful employment? Delivering social mobility? All of the above? No organisation, and no sector, would attempt wholesale strategic change without understanding where it has been, but most importantly, where it is going. Further Education and Skills […]
Opinion
FE Week will hold a special rally in support of its #SaveOurApprenticeships campaign at next week’s Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden will attend the event alongside many other committed MPs, party members and sector leaders, at the Pullman Hotel on the evening of Tuesday, September 27. We want to send […]
Qube Learning, a provider of vocational courses and qualifications, has appointed Karen Kelly as its new non-executive director. Ms Kelly takes on the role alongside her job as a self-employed consultant, in which she delivers improvement projects across the FE sector. Prior to this, she worked as a senior manager for the Skills Funding Agency […]
Movers and Shakers
A London college has partnered with global engineering giant Siemens to train its next generation of apprentices. The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London (CONEL) will provide training for 17 new recruits to the company’s apprenticeship scheme, giving them access to workshops equipped with the latest engineering tools and equipment at its Enfield Centre […]
Bulletin
Why are apprenticeships singled out for special treatment? The benefits of other qualifications are enormous and can be tested, says Graham Taylor, if we let levy payers to decide where to put their money. We’re currently obsessed with apprenticeships and the emerging minutiae, which sometimes means we can’t see the wood for the trees. So […]
With the news that the levy will effectively function as a tax, Smita Jamdar asks whether government will succeed in its aim of making it simple and attractive for employers to offer high-quality apprenticeships. Last week, FE Week reported that employers will have to enter into contracts with the Skills Funding Agency when they access […]
The Skills Funding Agency appears to have been ignoring requests from several providers to boost advanced learner loan provision – just as applications from 19- to 23-year-olds are taking off. A number of providers, who have asked to remain anonymous, have told FE Week that they are still waiting for a response on loan growth […]
Theresa May hasn’t been Prime Minister for very long, so we can’t expect her to know the detail of every policy area. But if you’re going to stand up at Prime Minister’s Questions and talk about cuts to apprenticeships funding, getting the facts right would be a good plan. So when the Prime Minister says […]
