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‘apprenticeships’
As editor of FE Week I’m used to skills ministers being economical with the truth. I’m used to questions going unanswered or hearing non-answers to the question being asked. What has come as a new surprise, though, is the new minister claiming in a DfE blog something that simply is not true. Essentially, he argued that […]
Opinion
Concerns have been raised about the impartiality of the Institute for Apprenticeships, following the announcement that senior civil servant Peter Lauener will take on the role of the new body’s shadow chief executive. The Department for Education announced on Monday (September 26) that top skills civil servant Lauener had been appointed as to the role, […]
News
Serious questions are being asked of the Skills Funding Agency, after it allowed directors to switch the ownership of a successful provider they ran from one parent company to another, before transferring out a large amount of money, liquidating it, and leaving learners and creditors on the hook for millions of pounds. After a month-long […]
The controversial new apprenticeship provider register has been delayed, FE Week can reveal. The first wave of applications now won’t be accepted until the end of October instead of the 3rd of next month as previously stated. Mark Dawe, chief executive at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers was quick to contact FE Week, […]
The Association of Colleges’ has for the first time added its voice to organisations calling for a delay to the implementation of reformed apprenticeship funding from May 1. Chief executive David Hughes spoke out after FE Week exclusively revealed yesterday that publication of the controversial new apprenticeship provider register has been delayed – news that […]
Peter Lauener has been appointed shadow chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships with immediate effect. He will take on the role on a part-time basis alongside his existing responsibilities as head of the Skills Funding Agency and Education Funding Agency, the Department for Education announced this morning. Mr Lauener’s appointment comes four months after […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
