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There will be no special treatment for employers which become providers in order to use their apprenticeship levy funding, Ofsted has said. The education watchdog’s apprenticeship inspections will carry on “regardless of where that provision is delivered”, according to Paul Joyce (pictured), the regulator’s deputy director for FE and skills. “I can assure you we […]
News
The government risks “failing” a generation by mishandling its traineeship scheme, shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden, (pictured) has said. He clashed with skills minister Nick Boles in parliament over the “terrible” rates of progression from traineeships to apprenticeships last week, which FE Week first uncovered with a freedom of information request in June. Progression figures […]
The mayor of Hackney has been appointed by London mayor Sadiq Khan as his deputy for planning, regeneration and skills. Jules Pipe, who became the first directly elected mayor of Hackney in 2002, will focus on providing young people with skills for their future careers, alongside looking at housing and infrastructure development. Mr Pipe became […]
Even last week, we would all have expected that attending the AELP Conference, we would be treated to ministerial speeches and Q&A sessions that would have provided some much-needed clarity on the reforms that are affecting our sector. However, on Friday it probably became evident, in amongst so many other emotions and reactions, that we […]
Opinion
Key sector figures have urged the government to continue with its apprenticeship reforms following Thursday’s Brexit vote – and warned of the consequences if it doesn’t. The vote by the British public to leave the European Union came after a speech by skills minister Nick Boles on June 13 raised concerns that such a verdict […]
John Landeryou, who contributed to the ‘New Blood; the thinking and approaches of new leaders in the FE and Skills market’ report, here and in a day two workshop reflects on potential benefits from looking outside of the sector for future leaders. Take a minute to think how much of your working time is taken […]
Learning providers should “push their foot through the door” with local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and not be “downhearted”, the chair of one LEP told conference delegates on Monday morning. Ann Limb, chair of South East Midlands LEP also urged members of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) not to worry about LEP board […]
Shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden has accused the government of wasting three years that should have been better spent promoting and targeting traineeships. He told AELP conference delegates on Monday (June 27) that the original concept for traineeships when they were launched three years ago – that of improving job prospects for young people who […]
All “credible cases” from the latest round of growth requests for apprenticeships and traineeships have been funded, the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) announced today. This is the result of the agency’s recent “targeted growth exercise”, which also included increases in providers’ 2016-17 allocations “where there is evidence of increased performance”. It comes after the SFA […]
