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26 new Trailblazer groups announced

Film and TV, ceramics, veterinary nursing, and motorcycle manufacturing are among the industries that will be covered by 26 new Trailblazer apprenticeship groups launched today. The new groups, which will design standards for 39 new, industry-led apprenticeship programmes, will include representatives from Pinewood Studios, Rolls Royce, BT, Dr Martens, and English National Opera. The new […]

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New Apprenticeship Delivery Board announced

A new Apprenticeship Delivery Board (ADB) is set to advise the government on how to reach its target of 3m apprenticeship starts in this parliament. The board, announced today by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), will offer guidance to the government on how to expand the programme, and will be jointly chaired […]

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Dates announced for next year’s National Apprenticeship Week

National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) will run next year from March 14 to 18. The dates for the ninth annual NAW, which celebrates the positive impact that apprenticeships and traineeships have on learners, businesses and the economy, were confirmed today by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Skills Funding Agency (SFA). This year’s […]

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SFA confirms further 3.9 per cent ASB cut as in-year departmental savings bite

FE providers face a further cut of almost four per cent to their non-apprenticeship funding in 2015/16, the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has confirmed. In a letter to the sector, SFA chief executive Peter Lauener has announced the 3.9 per cent cut to adult skills budget (ASB) and discretionary learner support allocations, which is being […]

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Police disperse overnight protest at Lewisham Southwark College led by NUS

Protestors led by National Union of Students (NUS) vice president for FE Shakira Martin were dispersed by police after staging an overnight protest at Lewisham Southwark College. They were objecting to a vote taken by governors on Tuesday (July 14) to sell-off the campus and a separate proposal by Southwark Council, published this month, to […]

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SFA criticised for failing to check ‘realism’ of ‘over-optimistic’ college financial forecasts

A report out this morning by the National Audit Office (NAO) has criticised the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) for being too slow to spot problems with colleges’ finances because of failures to check the “realism” of “over-optimistic” forecasting by colleges. The report, called Overseeing financial sustainability in the FE sector, said that some colleges’ forecasting […]

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Ten things we’ve learned about the government’s post-16 education and training review

The government has announced a national review of post-16 education and training, and admitted the number of general FE and sixth form colleges in England will decrease. Here, FE Week outlines the ten main points in the government document, and what it might mean for the FE and skills sector. 1. Colleges are going to merge and […]

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Woodcock warns against ‘churning out numbers’ at expense of quality in drive for 3m apprenticeships

Shadow Education Minister for Young People John Woodcock has warned the government against “churning out numbers at the expense of quality” as it targets 3m apprenticeship starts by 2020. Mr Woodcock (pictured above) was part of a panel of FE and skills experts who spoke at a House of Commons event last night hosted by […]

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City and Islington College and Westminster Kingsway College looking at merger

City and Islington College and Westminster Kingsway College aim to become “the main force for FE in central London” through greater collaboration and a possible merger, it was announced today. The colleges confirmed, through a joint statement released this morning, that their governing bodies had agreed “to explore the potential” for developing closer links. It […]

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