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Public consultations to be held for all new Trailblazer assessment plans

All trailblazer assessment plans are going to be put out to public consultation from the end of this month, FE Week can exclusively reveal. Jennifer Coupland, deputy director of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Department for Education (DfE) apprenticeship strategy and policy unit, set out the plans in a letter emailed […]

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Sajid Javid rules out degree apprenticeships target as too ‘complex’

Business Secretary Sajid Javid has ruled out a degree apprenticeships target — warning it would be “too complex” and could “lead to the wrong kind of behaviour”. The Bromsgrove MP was grilled by members of the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee on Wednesday (October 14) in a one-off evidence session. They […]

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Policy Exchange report says large slice of university reserves cash should go to FE

University reserves of around £12bn could play an important role in rebalancing the funding deficit between higher education and FE, a report by Policy Exchange has said. The think tank reported that the university sector now holds a “staggeringly high” level of discretionary reserves, which stands at £12.3bn even after accounting for pension liabilities and […]

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Dozens of National Apprenticeship Awards winners announced in ceremonies across England

[slideshow_deploy id=’40567′] Dozens of high achieving apprentices and employers have been recognised at National Apprenticeship Awards ceremonies across England. The events for London (pictured above), the South West, North West (including Liverpool, Cumbria and Lancashire), Yorkshire and the Humber, West Midlands, and North East took place between Thursday (October 8) and yesterday (October 15). It […]

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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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