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Just a fraction of the 25,200 FE loans taken out between August and October last year were for apprenticeships, government figures have revealed. The Statistical First Release (SFR) on Thursday, January 30, showed that less than 0.4 per cent (100) of the loans paid out to learners over 24 were given to apprentices. And, taking […]
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Key information designed to “hold the government to account over delivery of policy” has been corrupted by ongoing problems with new funding software. The latest Statistical First Release (SFR), out on Thursday, January 30, included a host of important information based on providers’ data. However, they’ve struggled to submit learner numbers, course details and other […]
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has raised concerns over the government’s proposals to direct funding for apprenticeships straight to employers. Chancellor George Osborne, in the Autumn statement, said a new funding model would use Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) systems to route funding directly to employers. And AELP’s position paper for […]
The nuclear industry looks set to benefit from the country’s second new college in 21 years, Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has announced. Speaking at the PoliticsHome Skills Summit in London today, he said the college could “provide the specialist, advanced skills” for the industry. It comes just weeks after the government unveiled proposals to create a new […]
An event organised by Apprenticeships for England and supported by the National Apprenticeships Service.
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A government “crackdown” on apprentice minimum wage offenders has been queried with more than one-in-five apprentices not getting paid the legal amount. Labour MP Julie Hilling put the statistic to Employment Relations Minister Jenny Willott in the House of Commons, pushing the Lib Dem MP about what action the government was taking to enforce the £2.68 […]
Ambitious plans to become an incorporated FE college and develop new sites across the country have been revealed by Essex-based charity Prospects Learning Foundation. The independent learning provider (ILP), which has a current Skills Funding Agency allocation of £2.6m and already brands itself as Prospects College, has launched a consultation on plans to get FE […]
More than a dozen apprentice chefs were left stranded with their independent learning provider apparently having gone to the wall. The Restaurant Academy, in Plymouth, closed suddenly on Friday, January 17, after just three months of operation. It is understood that a notice was placed in the door last week. It stated that the restaurant […]
Business Secretary Vince Cable was grilled by MPs over why apprentice FE loans were still being officially advertised and processed despite the policy having been dropped. He faced questions, along with civil servants Martin Donnelly and Howard Orme, about the loans for apprentices over the age of 24 being scrapped, as exclusively revealed in December […]
