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Edition 151: Movers and Shakers

Ellen Thinnesen will be the new principal of Sunderland College come the New Year, following the retirement of Anne Isherwood. Ms Thinnesen will arrive from Tameside College where she was deputy principal. Prior to this, she held various senior management and teaching roles at Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education. Ms Thinnesen said she […]

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Apprenticeship exam costs concern at CBI as AELP issues ‘don’t start Trailblazers without fees info’ warning

CBI calls for ‘clarity’ on Trailblazer assessments AELP warns against new starts without knowing costs   The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has hit out over fears that companies and providers could be hit by costly new apprenticeship exams with big awarding organisations (AOs) yet to say what they’ll charge. In an exclusive interview with […]

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Apprenticeship levy plans may be better as ‘nuclear’ deterrent, says top Oxford University academic

A senior academic has said apprenticeship levy plans were like a “nuclear weapon — it may be worth threatening you are going to use it more than actually use it.” Professor Ewart Keep (pictured below right), director of Oxford University’s centre on skills, had told the House of Lords Social Mobility Committee he was “very […]

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Learning opportunities ‘detrimental’ to small business productivity

The difficulty faced by small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in running apprenticeships was raised with members of the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee. Stephen Ibbotson, director of business at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, told the committee, which held its first evidence session, chaired by Hartlepool MP Iain Wright (pictured above) […]

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Lords demand quality and quantity in debate on apprenticeships

Quality must not be compromised in the government’s drive to create 3m apprenticeships by 2020, members of the House of Lords said in a debate on ‘the availability and quality of apprenticeships’. The debate was opened by Labour peer Lady Prosser (pictured above), former deputy general secretary of the Transport and General Workers’ Union and […]

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Better careers advice needed to boost young apprenticeship numbers

Better advice and guidance for young people is needed with figures suggesting 16 to 24-year-olds were making up a shrinking proportion of apprenticeship start numbers, it has been claimed. The number of 2014/15 apprenticeship starts was provisionally put at 492,700 in this month’s statistical first release. Of these, 210,100 were aged 25 or above — […]

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All over the Rover for charity

The Car repair students at Newcastle College put their skills to work by restoring a classic car in aid of charity. Level two students studying the diploma in vehicle accident body repair principles restored the 1960s Rover 100 which is now ready to be sent to auction, where it will raise money for BEN — […]

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FE Week journalists up for awards — again

Five Lsect journalists, including three from FE Week, have been shortlisted for eight education journalism awards. FE Week reporter Paul Offord (pictured above) won last year’s outstanding FE journalism category at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations awards and is up for the same prize again, along with FE Week editor Chris Henwood. Paul has also […]

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Shelagh Legrave, principal, Chichester College

There is an ongoing debate in the FE college sector about whether a principal should have a classroom background, or whether what’s really needed is business acumen forged in the cut-and-thrust world of the private sector. But could a third option — bearing in mind the relentless attack on sector finances — be service in […]

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