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‘apprenticeships’
Steve Woolcock, Barnardo’s head of employment training and skills, talks about how best to support vulnerable young people into work. A perfect storm of rising tuition fees and low pay for graduates has led to a rapid rise in applications for apprenticeships, as young people seek an alternative to academic qualifications. Competition to gain an […]
Opinion
Only companies that are paying the apprenticeship levy will have access to the new funding system when it is launched in April 2017, the co-chair of the government’s Apprenticeship Delivery Board has revealed. Nadhim Zahawi (pictured above) dropped the bombshell this afternoon at FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference, in Birmingham. “The core offering that we will […]
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LATEST: Nescot accepts former £360k a year principal was unfairly dismissed The University and College Union (UCU) has spoken out to say it is “unacceptable” that college principals are receiving salaries of over £200,000, at a time when the sector is engaged in an ongoing row over pay. A spokesperson for UCU said the salaries, […]
The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced that it will fully fund all “high quality” 16 to 18 apprenticeships from August 2015 to March 2016. The announcement, which also covered traineeships, was made on the agency’s website this afternoon. It said: “We will fully fund all high-quality 16 to 18 apprenticeship and SFA-funded 16 to […]
The new boss of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has laid out his top priorities. Ahead of his first speech as chief executive — which he will deliver at the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) tomorrow — Mark Dawe told FE Week that getting the levy right, making sure employers are fully […]
Employers will receive a 10 per cent top-up to their monthly levy contributions as a result of today’s budget. Chancellor George Osborne only briefly mentioned the levy in his speech to the House of Commons at lunchtime. However, the 10 per cent top-up plans were unveiled in a budget report subsequently published by the Treasury. […]
Extra money is set to be made available for 16 to 18 apprenticeships following today’s budget announcement, FE Week understands. Chancellor George Osborne is due to deliver his budget speech to the House of Commons at around 12.30pm today. FE Week understands it is unlikely Mr Osborne will announce the 16 to 18 apprenticeships increase […]
Nine out of ten apprenticeship sector leaders who took part in an exclusive FE Week survey fear quality will suffer as the government drives towards 3m apprenticeship starts by 2020. It was carried out ahead of the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) – which will be attended by nearly 1,000 staff from colleges, independent training providers and […]
Stephanie Palmer advises employers on the best ways to mentor apprentices to become long-term assets to a company. After spending eight months studying sports therapy at university, I decided that it was not the right route for me. I was unhappy with the quality of the course I was paying a huge amount for and […]
