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How does the next government grow and fund a big increase in apprenticeships?

The political appetite for apprenticeships has never been greater, and neither has the pressure on funding — so where could the money for this booming programme come from, asks Richard Atkins. Politicians in all of the political parties are telling us what a great success apprenticeships are and how they must be increased during the […]

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Coalition parties let manifesto differences get between them

Funding increases, University Technical Colleges (UTCs) near every English city, a commission on funding for lifelong learning and millions of apprenticeships were on the agenda as the two Coalition parties went head-to-head with their general election manifestos. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats may have presided over the same education policies in Government, but apart from […]

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Your FE & skills General Election questions answered — part three: Liberal Democrats

The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have all come in for grilling with a host of questions from FE and skills figures. In this last of three articles, a spokesperson for Nick Clegg’s (pictured) Liberal Democrats takes the stand to answer your questions. Business, Enterprise and Energy Minister Matthew Hancock answered yesterday for the Conservatives, […]

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Your FE & skills General Election questions answered — part one: The Conservatives

The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have all come in for grilling with a host of questions from FE and skills figures. In this first of three articles, Business, Enterprise and Energy Minister Matthew Hancock (pictured) takes the stand for the Conservatives. Labour’s Shadow Skills Minister Liam Byrne answers tomorrow morning on feweek.co.uk, while a Lib Dem spokesperson […]

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Second groundbreaking UTC to shut as student numbers fail to increase and Ofsted sees lack of improvement

Student numbers, financial challenges, staffing capacity and a second consecutive Ofsted inspection blow were said to be behind plans to shut the Black Country University Technical College (UTC) — one of the first UTCs to open. Governors of the University of Wolverhampton and Walsall College-sponsored UTC, which opened in 2011, tonight announced their decision to […]

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Labour’s apprenticeship scrap plan fails to make manifesto

Labour remains committed to scrapping level two apprenticeships despite the absence of the pledge from the party’s education manifesto, it has been confirmed. Speaking to FE Week following the launch of the document at Microsoft’s offices in Victoria, central London, Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna confirmed his party still wanted all apprenticeships to be at […]

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UTCs, apprenticeships and destination data central to Tory manifesto plans for FE

The Conservatives will put a University Technical College (UTC) “within reach of every city” and increase the use of destination data about FE courses if they form a government again in May, the party has announced. Alongside existing pledges to create 3m apprenticeship starts over the course of the next Parliament and “improve” FE by […]

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Edition 133: Bob Pattni, Dinah Caine, Stewart Till & Ivan Dunleavy

Cambridge Regional College has appointed a new deputy principal to head finance and corporate services. Bob Pattni is a former chief operating officer at Birmingham Metropolitan College and qualified accountant with more than two decades’ experience in education. He has been appointed to help lead and grow the college’s core business of vocational qualifications and […]

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Roll on the General Election

Apprenticeships were on the agenda as David Cameron hit the campaign trail in West Yorkshire on Thursday (April 9). Mr Cameron met Cory Hurst, a level two fashion and textiles apprentice at Camira Fabrics in Huddersfield. He also announced deals which had been struck with large employers including Costa to create 16,000 apprenticeships. The Tories […]

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