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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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Editor Asks: Union boss tackles the major challenges at UCU Annual Congress

Falling FE membership is an issue that has long been playing on the mind of Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU). The union’s FE membership dropped by 3,000 between April 2015 and the same month this year, almost a 10 per cent fall, whilst figures suggest that the higher education […]

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University and College Union president slams political ignorance towards FE at conference

The outgoing president of the University and College Union (UCU) has slammed ignorance among politicians towards FE, in her speech to conference. Elizabeth Lawrence addressed delegates at the start of the union’s annual conference at the ACC Liverpool this morning. She spoke of a need to spring to the “defence of FE” – which she felt […]

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Fears for future of FE key topic at University and College Union conference

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) will head to Liverpool tomorrow for the start of the union’s tenth annual congress — with the future of FE set to be a key topic up for discussion. Delegates will vote on 35 FE-related motions during the three-day event at the ACC Liverpool — covering concerns […]

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