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It’s great news that the Skills Funding Agency has finally committed to funding in-year 16 to 18 apprenticeships. We managed to break this story online before it was announced by the agency, and featured it in the paper’s budget coverage. It’s an encouraging development after last week’s editorial called for more investment in apprenticeships the […]
Opinion
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned government plans for a 10 per cent top-up to monthly levy contributions will only benefit a small minority of employers. The top-up plans were unveiled in a budget report published by the Treasury after George Osborne finished his speech to MPs on March 16. It will mean, […]
News
This year’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC), held at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre from March 16 to 18, featured an action packed agenda. FE Week went to press onsite at the end of the second day, so what follows is a roundup of the first two days’ highlights. David Hill, the most senior civil servant working […]
FE providers may have to fulfil a new set of criteria in order to be approved by the government as fit to work with employers on delivering apprenticeships, FE Week has found. In the coming months, the government will hold a consultation with providers about the requirements of the Skills Funding Agency’s (SFA) register of […]
The chair of a group of influential MPs has slammed the government’s progress on apprenticeship reform, saying he doesn’t see a “hope in hell” of the target for 3m new apprenticeships by 2020 being achieved. Speaking from the stage at FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2016, Iain Wright (pictured), chair of the Business, Innovation and […]
The old adage when you’re in a hole first stop digging before you find a way out couldn’t be more true so far as apprenticeship reform is concerned – at least that’s the view of Graham Hasting-Evans. Following the publication of the Enterprise Bill at the end of February, I believe the Institute for 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
