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Increasing the value of apprenticeships

Selling apprenticeships to young people is one thing, and selling them to parents is another. Kirstie Donnelly considers how the FE and skills sector might improve the programme’s chances of being sold. Two reports were launched this month highlighting, in different ways, the fact that there is a desperate need to increase the value of […]

Opinion

Education committee calls for careers advice to be ‘high up the agenda’ in next parliament

Careers advice should be “high up the agenda” in the next parliament, the House of Commons education select committee urged today in a review of its work over the past five years. The committee has published the eighth report of this parliament, which re-caps the work of the committee over the past five years. In […]

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Inaugural conference success, but hopes for programme clarity remain

The speakers spoke and the audience listened — they even got to pose questions. So with the curtain having come down on the huge success that was the first FE Week annual apprenticeship conference, David Harbourne gives his overview of events. The inaugural FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference was a fantastic opportunity to catch up […]

Opinion

Charting an upward trajectory for apprenticeship success

David Hughes outlines his hopes for a new Apprentice Charter There are many uncertainties surrounding the general election, but one thing we can be sure of is that the next Government will support more apprenticeships. That support will almost certainly survive any permutation of parties entering into coalition (or minority Government) negotiations, probably unlike some […]

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Funding pulled from construction apprenticeships

London-based construction training charity Building Lives claims 180 people currently on pre-employment training schemes face missing out on starting apprenticeships after the industry training board pulled £2m of future funding. Sian Workman, interim managing director of the registered charity, said the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) told it on February 27 that it would no […]

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Traineeship financial incentive proposal rejected by government

The government has rejected an employer and provider suggested proposal that traineeship learners should be offered a financial incentive for taking part. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) revealed how the idea of payment for trainees emerged from the sector in its first year evaluation of the scheme (pictured top right), published on Wednesday […]

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Government identifies ‘potential risks’ for Trailblazer programme

A government report on the apprentice Trailblazers has identified the emergence of “potential risks … that require national attention in coming months”. The changeover to a new funding system and the pace of development of new apprenticeship standards were among several risks to successful delivery, according to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills interim […]

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FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2015

Click here to download the supplement From a little makeshift office at the back of the main room at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on Monday and Tuesday (March 9 and 10), I witnessed first-hand the incredible success of our first Annual Apprenticeship Conference. A packed room heard from an incredible line-up of speakers […]

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National Apprenticeship Week 2015

Click here to download the supplement It is more important than ever, in a general election year, to shine a light on all the good work that is being done on apprenticeships. That has of course always been the main aim of National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) and providers, employers and learners gearing up for this […]

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