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An education committee inquiry into vocational qualifications will look at the reduction of apprenticeships starts among 16 to 19-year-olds, its chair has announced. Conservative MP Graham Stuart (pictured) has confirmed that the inquiry will try to pinpoint the reasons behind the decline in overall apprenticeships starts in the age groups. The inquiry, which was announced […]
News
Apprenticeships and traineeships for 16 to 19-year-olds are set to come under the spotlight of MPs, it has been announced. The House of Commons Education Select Committee (pictured) has called for written evidence for its inquiry to be in by noon on Tuesday, September 30, although no date has been set for hearings. The nine […]
Dozens of high-achieving apprentices from West Nottinghamshire College Group were handed awards at a House of Lords ceremony to celebrate their efforts. Principal Dame Asha Khemka OBE hosted the ‘Celebration of Apprenticeships’ event in the Cholmondeley Room, overlooking the River Thames, along with cross-bench peer Baroness Prashar CBE. The 27 apprentices were handed engraved glass trophies […]
An allegedly “supportive” report by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) on Gazelle will not be made public with both organisations refusing to release the document. The existence of a report by the ETF on Gazelle’s leadership development programme came to light in an expert piece written for FE Week by Gazelle Colleges Group chair Stella Mbubaegbu, who is […]
While those in FE and skills wait with bated breath to find out how new Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and Skills Minister Nick Boles view the sector, Alastair Thomson considers what can be expected of the Tory duo. Although the removal of Michael Gove as Education Secretary dominated much of the reshuffle coverage, a look […]
Opinion
Skills Minister Nick Boles said he was prepared to investigate whether qualifications reform had “gone too far” as he addressed MPs for the first time in his new role today. At a Westminster Hall debate on youth unemployment and Ofsted this morning, Mr Boles (pictured above in action) said he had heard “concerns” about the extent […]
The FE sector has been quick to have its say on today’s appointments of Nick Boles to Skills Minister and Nicky Morgan to Education Secretary. Former Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has been appointed as Business, Enterprise and Energy Minister and will attend Cabinet in his job (although not as a Cabinet post-holder), which is a new shared role at the […]
Matthew Hancock has moved to a new shared role at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Department for Energy and Climate Change. The MP for West Suffolk and former Skills and Enterprise Minister has been appointed as Business, Enterprise and Energy Minister, taking on the work of former Business Minister Michael Fallon, who […]
When I wrote in FE Week three months ago about the second annual round of FE Loans, the new application process had just opened. A few months on, what’s happening? Where are things heading? Most notably, moves to extend FE loans ‘downwards’ — both for age and level — have begun, and many preparing for […]
