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Delivering apprenticeships — an employer’s view

Mapped out long-term career paths in technical or leadership roles are just some of the propositions facing apprentice at Sweett Group, Doulas McCormick outlines how and why such attractive professional offers are being put before earners and learners. The latest report from the UKCES talks of the Death of the Saturday Job, with more students […]

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Being cheerful about the new government’s commitment to giving more powers to city regions and Leps

Dr Ann Limb presents five reasons to be cheerful about skills, devolution and localism over the next five years. I’ve worked with — and for — Conservative, Labour, and Coalition governments. It is from this perspective that I predict the next five to 10 years could be the most exciting, challenging, and potentially the most […]

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Making Trailblazers and future funding a reality

Apprenticeship reforms remain on the agenda and could be even more important as the government seeks to hit its 3m starts target. Rebecca Rhodes outlines the reform situation. The importance of apprenticeships to productivity and growth in the economy is evidenced by the government’s continued commitment to ensure employers lead the development of high quality […]

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Apprenticeships as the jewel in the skills training crown

Jason Holt’s 2012 report for government on getting more businesses taking on apprentices puts him in good position to assess the situation today. He considers the programme’s current situation and its future. When I spoke to members of the AELP at their annual conference, I was asked to give an employer’s perspective on the future […]

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Taking aim at the 3m apprenticeships target

The SFA has been entrusted with meeting the government’s target of 3m apprenticeships starts in England during this Parliament. Peter Lauener outlines measures to help reach the goal. One of the government’s key manifesto commitments is to create 3m apprenticeships by 2020 in England. Last week, Richard Harrington MP was announced as the Prime Minister’s […]

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‘We need stability of policy, longer term contract commitments and more realistic funding’

The people have voted, the government has been formed and now the policies must be enacted. Martin Dunford outlines how the skills sector should respond to the challenges ahead, and how sector funding must also be looked at. The AELP national conference is the first opportunity we have had to debate the plans that the […]

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Leadership issues on the agenda for FE women

Women from across the FE and skills sector were at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills conference centre in Westminster on June 17 for the WLN annual conference. Sara Mogel gives an overview of the event. Women leaders in FE were told by Anne Doyle, journalist, author and former director at Ford Motor Company, […]

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Secret Principal

The principal of a large and well-established FE college writes about life at the top — the worries, the hopes, the people and the issues they have to deal with every day. Wake up and smell the coffee Professor Alison Wolf, architect of the government’s vocational education plans and labour market guru, says cuts to […]

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Skills Minister’s questions run deep

Skills Minister Nick Boles has posed a series of hard questions for the future of FE and skills. But for Lynne Sedgmore they raise just as many issues about the minister and the government as they do of the sector. It is unusual for a Minister to be as clear as Nick Boles has been […]

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