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‘apprenticeships’
The Government has faced criticism for rejecting attempts to ensure representatives from all stakeholders involved with apprenticeships — not just employers — are represented on the new Institute for Apprentices. Shakira Martin spells out the case for involving apprentice voices. The government is once again chanting its refrain of “employers must be in the driving […]
Opinion
The Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy has launched an inquiry that will look at the merits of government apprenticeship reforms. Neil Carmichael and Iain Wright explain what it will be focusing on and why they keen to collect views from people across the sector. As a nation, we need to do more to […]
Redcar & Cleveland College is helping to tackle a local health and social care skills shortage by almost doubling the number of apprentices it is placing at a North Yorkshire care village for people with learning disabilities, writes Billy Camden. Abbey Care Village struggled in vain to find enough skilled care staff to look after […]
Bulletin
The Government has announced the first seven apprenticeship frameworks that will be closed to new starts this summer. The announcement was made on the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) website this afternoon. It said: “We have published a list of seven apprenticeship frameworks which will be closed to new starts from June 1. This means the […]
News
A further education college has plummeted from the highest to lowest overall grade after its first Ofsted inspection in more than seven years. Mid-Cheshire College (MCC) has been slammed by the education watchdog, which branded its provision ‘inadequate’ overall, with six out of seven headline fields also rated as ‘inadequate’. Inspectors last visited the college in […]
City College Plymouth (CCP) has become the second college to join the 157 Group since it exclusively revealed its expansion plans to FE Week in January, bringing membership of the group to 28. The group’s chief executive, Ian Pretty (pictured above), said he was “pleased to welcome” CCP, which was rated ‘good’ by Ofsted at […]
The Government has published its long-awaited guidance for sixth form colleges (SFCs) becoming academies. David Igoe considers what this means for SFCs. On the face of it there are headline advantages and disadvantages for converting to academies. On the plus side, there is the extra money from the VAT rebate (available to academies but not […]
Graham Taylor casts a weary eye over the evolution of study programmes. The study programme is now in its third year, but what have we learned? Firstly it’s a misnomer. It doesn’t all have to involve “study” — just work experience or enrichment activities. Is the marked increase in full-time learners attributable to padding out […]
The organisation that oversees the selection process for the British WorldSkills team is dropping its old name. It is currently called Find a Future, but will be known as WorldSkills UK from Tuesday (March 1). The rebrand will coincide with the launch of registrations for the new cycle of competitions across the country on the […]
