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A view from the US on England’s apprenticeships, via Switzerland and Germany

Bob Schwartz, professor of practice in educational policy and administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was appointed to Pearson’s qualifications expert panel earlier this year. He has studied vocational training around the world and FE Week reporter Paul Offord spoke to him to find out what he thinks England can learn from other […]

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Young Neets rise draws RPA questions

The government’s raising of the participation age (RPA) policy has been questioned after figures showed the number of unemployed 16 and 17-year-olds not in education, employment or training (Neet) had actually increased since it came into force. According to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), between October and December, 38,000 16 and 17-year-olds […]

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Apprentice scheme for 14 to 16-year-olds back before MPs as wage increase proposed

Plans to revive the Young Apprenticeship Programme, offering 14 to 16-year-olds a work-based alternative to the classroom, are to reappear before MPs. Conservative MP Dominic Raab’s (pictured) Young Apprenticeship Bill seeks to bring back the programme first introduced by Labour in 2004, but phased out around 2010 following concerns it cost £3,000 per learner more […]

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Different takes on putting ‘employers at the heart’ of FE reform

Putting employers at the heart of FE and skills reform gives it an air of authority under the current political climate. Mick Fletcher looks at the differing viewpoints that could be taken on this theme. All the headlines about the long-awaited Skills Funding Statement were understandably about the 19 per cent cut to adult FE […]

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McDonald’s education head gets bite at UK apprentice job

The appointment of McDonald’s education chief Sue Husband as England’s new apprenticeships boss has been welcomed by FE sector leaders. Ms Husband, national education manager at McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd UK, will fill the shoes of David Way, who stepped down as director of the Skills Funding Agency’s apprenticeship division in August. Stewart Segal, chief executive […]

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Corruption warning on funding proposals

The boss of a leading independent training provider has hit out at the government’s apprenticeship funding reform proposals warning they could lead to large scale “corruption”. John Hyde (pictured), executive chair of HIT Training, laid out his opposition at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers-organised Apprenticeship Debate with a scathing attack in which he […]

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McDonald’s education chief to become SFA’s apprenticeship boss

The UK head of education for fast food giant McDonald’s is set to become England’s new apprenticeship boss, FE Week can reveal. Sue Husband is to fill the shoes of David Way, who stepped down as director of the Skills Funding Agency’s apprenticeship division in August after 38 years in the employment and skills sector. The agency […]

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To the defence of colleges over Leps

Ofsted director of FE and skills Matthew Coffey told the Education Select Committee last week how colleges needed to do more to engage with local enterprise partnerships. His comments reaffirmed the overall message of the education watchdog’s annual report last year, but Phil Hatton asks whether such college criticism is justified. Strangely, if you take […]

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An in-depth look at the Skills Funding Statement as 19 pc ASB cut attacked

Plans to cut almost a fifth of the Adult Skills Budget have been savaged by organisations across the FE sector, with one leader saying the cut “flies in the face of economic good sense”. The proposal to cut the budget by 19 per cent from around £2.4bn to £2bn was unveiled in the Skills Funding […]

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