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Show the Government how FE is responding to reform agenda

It is vitally important that FE shows it is responding to the Government’s reform agenda, says Gemma Gathercole. As the FE sector gathers for this year’s AoC Conference, I suspect the majority head to Birmingham with a sense of foreboding ahead of the spending review announcements and autumn statement that will follow next week. Although […]

Opinion

Where might the Chancellor’s funding axe fall?

There can be little doubt that public funding for FE will fall by a lot. The question is where. Further education in England is on the brink of the greatest transformation it has seen in a generation. The die was cast in May when the Conservatives were returned to office after the election on a […]

Opinion

Colleges in no-win situation on meeting priorities

Colleges have a number of different priorities for which they can be criticised for not focusing on and, says David Hughes, apprenticeships just one example. Last week’s FE Week front page headline — ‘Colleges that ignore apprenticeships criticised’ — wrongly insinuated, in my view, that the sector’s lack of responsiveness was placing delivery of the […]

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Apprenticeships reform puts college sector in need of a cunning plan

Government direction on skills policy is clear — take-up the apprenticeships challenge. Colleges that don’t act accordingly put their futures at risk, explains Teresa Frith. Nobody could blame colleges if they were overwhelmed by government policy. With apprenticeship reforms and targets, new vocational routes from 16, changes to higher education, area reviews, devolution and a […]

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High profile visit for Skills Show as Business Secretary Sajid Javid drops in on day one

Business Secretary Sajid Javid was joined by thousands of career curious youngsters today as he visited Birmingham for day one of the Skills Show. Skills Show patron Theo Paphitis [click here for his FE Week expert piece on the event] was another high profile visitor to the event which last year attracted more than 73,000 […]

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Education Secretary Nicky Morgan tells Labour MPs ‘wait for spending review’ in 16-19 funding protection debate

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has told Labour to “wait and see” what happens in next week’s Budget before accusing the government of failing to protect funding for 16 to 19 education and training. Labour called an Opposition Day House of Commons debate this week to propose that the 16 to 19 education budget be given […]

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Don’t let private training providers ‘steal your lunch’, Skills Minister Nick Boles tells college leaders

Skills Minister Nick Boles has told Association of Colleges (AoC) conference delegates to stop letting private providers “nick your lunch”. He was critical of colleges for failing to secure more government apprenticeships cash and said independent learning providers (ILPs) were much better at securing the funding, during a keynote speech at the ICC Birmingham this […]

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Skills Minister Nick Boles speech at AoC conference 2015

Good morning ladies and gentlemen. We meet in a sombre context. After this morning’s session I’ll be returning to London and I hope you will agree on your behalf we will be travelling to the French Embassy to the sign the book of condolence after the terrible attacks on Friday night. And I am sure […]

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Apprenticeship starts up after two years of decline

Official figures released this morning show the number of apprenticeship starts for 2014/15 was up by 59,500 from the previous year – reversing the decline of the previous two years. The final (rather than provisional) figures in today’s Statistical First Release show there were 499,900 apprenticeship starts in 2014/15, an increase of 13.5 per cent […]

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