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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 […]
Opinion
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 […]
News
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 […]
The government announced in August that from next May they will be cutting some 16-18 apprenticeship framework funding rates by over 50% in the most deprived parts of the country. Well, when I say announced, what I mean is they published a searchable spreadsheet with the new rates, so I had to work out the […]
The #SaveOurApprenticeships campaign against devastating cuts in apprenticeship funding was launched at the Houses of Parliament to a packed gathering of sector leaders and senior politicians — including the minister tasked with implementing the plans. It was standing-room only in Committee Room Nine on Wednesday (September 14), as editor Nick Linford kicked off the event. […]
The prime minister is like a “drunk in a china shop”, according to one motor industry chief, because she claims she does not “recognise” potential cuts of up to 50 per cent to apprenticeship funding. Responding to Theresa May’s comments, which were made during a grilling at Wednesday’s prime minister’s questions, Steve Nash, the chief […]
