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With two offices across two government departments, two Secretaries of State as bosses and one of the broadest ministerial briefs around, life is hectic for Matthew Hancock. But while it certainly isn’t cricket — a game he regrets not having the time for anymore — things seem to have gone quite well for our 35-year-old […]
Profiles
Local MP Angie Bray dropped in to Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College’s apprenticeship fair to find out more about the programme. The Ealing Central and Acton MP joined more than 30 organisations, including Lloyds Bank, Ealing Council and the Army, who were promoting their apprenticeship opportunities to young people in West London. Ms Bray […]
Bulletin
The UK often looks to Europe for inspiration on apprenticeships. Tom Bewick suggests a glance across the pond instead. American apprenticeships are perhaps an unlikely example of a world-class system in the making. Yet, in his state of the union address in January, President Barack Obama said he wanted, “more on-the-job training, and more apprenticeships […]
Opinion
New rules which mean schools will be forced to tell their pupils about FE and apprenticeships “don’t go far enough”, the Association of Colleges (AoC) has warned. The Department for Education (DfE) published new statutory guidance on careers advice this month, which for the first time explicitly requires schools to promote vocational courses — using […]
News
More than 160 engineering apprentices are set to be transferred to City College Norwich from an independent learning provider facing closure. The college said the East Anglian Group for Industrial Training (Eagit), based in Norwich and formed in 1967, is set to close in July. The college will take on 146 level three and 22 […]
The full results of the government’s apprenticeship funding consultation last year have been released for the first time — revealing the vast majority of provider and employer respondents did not support the government’s proposed reforms. The consultation ran from July until October and in November Skills Minister Matthew Hancock announced the government would be seeking […]
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock (pictured above) has hit back at criticism of government cuts, claiming it was “misleading” to say funding for adult skills faced a 19 per cent fall in the next two years. In an exclusive interview with FE Week, he defended his record with the sector. It comes after the annual Skills Funding […]
Schools will be forced to tell learners about vocational study and apprenticeship options by law after the government published statutory guidelines on careers advice. For the first time, schools have been told they have to offer independent, impartial careers advice including the full range of options available to learners, and prove they are doing so […]
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