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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 […]

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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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Hold fire over outright subcontracting ban

Mark Dawe explains warns against hasty decisions being made over subcontracting because of a new Skills Funding Agency (SFA) review on brokering. The SFA review of the use of brokers in relation to subcontracted skills provision should not be a reason in itself to add further weight to calls for an outright ban in subcontracting. […]

Opinion

Winning colleges taking sport more seriously

Last weekend’s national colleges sports championships, held in Newcastle, Sunderland and Gateshead, were a huge success, judging by feedback from the students, staff and stakeholders who took part. More than 1,800 students from 137 different colleges representing 11 regional/ national teams descended on Tyne and Wear for a three- day festival of sporting competitions. These […]

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Fed up with unnecessary and disruptive data changes

Graham Taylor explains why he was less than impressed with the recent qualification and achievement report. Let’s move on from my last article on apprenticeships — the consensus feedback   to that was ‘kick the reforms into the long grass’ as we believe we can meet Dave’s target without the unnecessary, complicated and costly wiring […]

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