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FE providers in HS2 college plans

At least 10 FE and skills sector providers could be involved with the new National College for High Speed Rail, FE Week can reveal. The government announced on Wednesday (October 1) that the new college, set to open in 2017, would be located across two sites in Doncaster and Birmingham, with its HQ in the […]

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Miliband’s wage pledge could see apprentices win 23pc raise

The apprenticeship minimum wage could rise by 23 per cent if Labour wins next year’s general election. The party has clarified its position on the rate for apprenticeships, which went up to £2.73 per hour on Wednesday (October 1). A party spokesperson told FE Week that under its plans, he would “expect” the Low Pay […]

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Home of new HS2 college revealed

The home of the new National College for High Speed Rail has been revealed by the government. It will be located Doncaster and Birmingham, with its HQ at the West Midlands site, providing specialist vocational training at level four and above for engineers working on the £50bn High Speed 2 (HS2) line that will link […]

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Jobcentre Plus to advise young people from age of 15, pledges IDS

Jobcentre Plus will provide careers advice to learners as young as 15, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has announced. He revealed plans for Jobcentre staff to work with schools for the first time during his speech to the Conservative Party conference today. He said the changes would mean that, for the first time, […]

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Cut benefits for under 21s to fund three million apprenticeships – Cameron

The Conservatives will increase the number of apprenticeships from 2m to 3m in the next Parliament funded by cuts to benefits for young people, David Cameron has announced. The Prime Minister has revealed plans to stop childless 18 to 21-year-olds from claiming housing benefit and withdraw their jobseeker’s allowance if they don’t find work in […]

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Labour Conference: questions over Miliband’s skills aim

Labour leader Ed Miliband’s 2014 conference address has prompted FE and skills sector questions about figures behind his pledge to bring the number of apprenticeship starts up in line with those at university. In his speech in Manchester on Tuesday, Mr Miliband said he wanted the same number of school-leavers to go on to apprenticeships […]

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Sue Husband, director of apprenticeships, Skills Funding Agency

It’s the warning that exasperated mums and dads up and down the country issue their teenage children — “If you don’t work hard enough in school, you could end up working in McDonalds”. But it’s a comment that gets under Sue Husband’s skin, having risen through the ranks at the fast food giant as a […]

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The principal of a large and well-established FE college writes about life at the top — the worries,

Labour conference Seeing a party leader actually talking about FE and skills policy is both encouraging and unnerving. Nobody was as pleased as me to hear about apprenticeships in Ed Miliband’s otherwise tepid speech, but when we’re this close to election, it also makes me worry. Apprenticeships are already a heavily political issue, with every […]

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Ofsted directors’ traineeship drop-out fears

Too many learners are dropping out of traineeships, Ofsted FE and skills director Lorna Fitzjohn (pictured) has warned. Ms Fitzjohn raised concerns about drop-out rates among learners on the government’s flagship youth unemployment programme in an exclusive interview with FE Week. The education watchdog was unable to reveal any figures to back up the concerns, […]

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