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Skills white paper to propose academic and vocational divide

> Leaked report plan exposes stark choice at 16 > 15 new ‘professional and technical’ routes with apprenticeship or substantial work experience The first skills white paper in a decade will bring an end to mixed provision and make 16-year-olds choose between academic courses leading to university or a new technical professional education (TPE) route into work, […]

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Setting the scene for a devolved future

Shane Chowen looks at how the upcoming local elections and devolution could affect FE. More than 475 elections will soon be taking place throughout the UK, with thousands of candidates trying to reach millions of voters. I was a candidate in a by-election in Milton Keynes last year (I lost). It’s exhausting, but also exciting, because […]

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Fears IfA won’t have the staff to police standards

Questions are being asked about the ability of the new Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) to police new Trailblazer standards — after FE Week discovered it is only set to have 40 members of staff by 2019/20. A leaked document called ‘BIS2020 — Finance and Headcount outline’, seen by FE Week, indicated that the IfA would […]

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Editor Asks: New CBI boss hits out at levy plans

The launch date for the apprenticeship levy, due in April next year, needs to be postponed unless the government backs down on its phased implementation plan, the director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said. Carolyn Fairbairn told an audience of bosses that businesses were experiencing “deep frustration over the levy plans […]

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Former apprentices to promote scheme in school?

Former apprentices will be obliged to go back into schools to promote apprenticeships, through a new “commitment” set to be imposed on them by the government. Skills Minister Nick Boles revealed the plan at a parliamentary sub-committee on education, skills and the economy (ESE) on Wednesday (April 27). He told MPs that the government planned […]

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Schools could face financial penalties for A-level dropouts

Schools could soon be financially sanctioned if they sign students up to inappropriate A-level courses that they later abandon, Skills Minister Nick Boles has warned. He made the comments at a parliamentary sub-committee meeting on education, skills and the economy on Wednesday (April 27), when he admitted concern that there is no current downside to […]

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Exclusive: CBI boss wants levy launch delayed unless ‘radical rethink’

The director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) wants the April next year launch date for the apprenticeship levy to be delayed unless the government backs down on its phased implementation plan, FE Week can reveal. Carolyn Fairbairn said in an exclusive interview that the CBI was concerned about “a large number of […]

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Stand up for London apprenticeships

London accounts for only 12.5 per cent of the UK population, yet it generates 22 per cent of UK GDP. It is Europe’s fastest-growing technology cluster and with more than a third of global foreign exchange taking place every day in the city, there is no denying London’s importance as a global economic powerhouse. However […]

Opinion

Providers take over as Somerset charity goes bust

Two providers have been forced to step in to support students after a training and education charity went into administration due to funding difficulties. Learning South West, which worked with leaders and practitioners in both youth and education and training organisations, was based in Taunton, Somerset. A spokesperson for accountancy firm Mazars said Tim Ball, […]

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