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Apprenticeship levy should be applied to all employers, claims Wolf

The apprenticeship levy should not be limited to large employers, according to the senior government vocational education adviser who first proposed it. Professor Alison Wolf (pictured), who made the case for an employer levy to fund apprenticeship training in a report published days before the government first unveiled the charge, told MPs that the change […]

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Marked change of direction at AELP as new chief criticises growth of subcontracting

Mark Dawe (pictured) may only be weeks into his new job, but he is already breaking the mould. The former college principal and awarding organisation chief has become the first boss of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) to openly criticise the scale of subcontracting. Mr Dawe spoke out after AELP claimed that 93 per […]

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Shadow chair and operating officer finally installed at the Institute for Apprenticeships

Two senior appointments have been announced for the Institute for Apprenticeships — a day after Association of Employment and Learning Providers boss Mark Dawe complained to MPs about lack of leadership at the new policing body. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) revealed this morning that former Barclays chief executive Anthony Jenkins had […]

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Top apprentice employers awarded

Apprentice employers have been honoured at a glitzy ceremony at London’s City Hall. The fourth national AllAboutSchoolLeavers Awards were judged using employee satisfaction surveys. Twenty-nine awards were up for grabs on the night, rewarding top UK employers who offer intermediate apprenticeships, advanced apprenticeships, higher apprenticeships, school leaver programmes and sponsored degrees. Mercedes-Benz was named top […]

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Employers told to stick to ‘core business’ after Citroën blow

Firms taking on apprentices have been advised to stick “to their core business” — after Citroën UK became the second employer branded inadequate by Ofsted under the common inspector framework. The education watchdog’s damning verdict on the car manufacturer — published on May 27 — means that a quarter of employers inspected under the new […]

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Call for traineeships review as SFA forced to admit progressions to apprenticeships less than ‘positive’

The government has admitted that fewer than one in ten 19- to 24-year-olds who complete a traineeship course move on to start an apprenticeship. Traineeships were launched three years ago, as part of the government’s drive to help low-skilled young people onto apprenticeships — but publicly available statistics only provide overall “positive” progression numbers to […]

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After the levy: adapting to an employer-led landscape

Andrew Cleaves looks ahead to a post-apprenticeship levy environment, where he says colleges will have to tailor their training far more to employers. In 10 years’ time the FE landscape is going to look very different from today; the apprenticeship levy is going to be a real game-changer. While traditional sources of funding continue to […]

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The apprenticeship levy is a real opportunity for the whole FE sector

David Allison discusses the effects of the apprenticeship levy on business agendas and the challenge employers face in finding the right apprentices. Whether you like it or not, the apprenticeship levy continues to raise awareness of apprenticeships across a wide range of stakeholders. Some of them have been around the block with the various iterations […]

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More focus please

Traineeships definitely need to be reviewed – as they’re still not really taking off with learners and aren’t serving the key purpose of helping boost apprentice starts. I know their wider aim is to help steer young people lacking basic skills away from the oblivion that is long-term unemployment. But they were sold to the […]

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