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Reforms signal ‘death’ of teen apprenticeships

An “enforced” employer’s fee for 16 and 17-year-old apprenticeships under government funding reforms could spell the end of the programme, it has been claimed. This will create an 18 to 24 English apprenticeship system, but it will kill off apprenticeships for 16 and 17 year olds.” The move was revealed as part of a technical […]

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Traffic lights warning on careers guidance progress

Not enough has been done to meet recommendations for the future of careers advice in England outlined by the National Careers Council (NCC), the watchdog has said. In its report, An Aspirational Nation: Achieving a culture change in careers provision, released in June last year, the NCC made seven recommendations about improvements to the National […]

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Government announces new apprenticeship trailblazers

The Prime Minister today announced 29 new trailblazer groups to lead the transformation of the apprenticeship system. The new trailblazers, covering areas such as health, law, media , hospitality and tourism, are made up of more than 340 employers including John Lewis, BA and BMW. The health trailblazer means it could soon be possible to […]

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Funding reform study finds employers unaware of apprenticeship costs

Government research on apprenticeship funding reform proposals has found that employers were generally in the dark about how much cash their providers got for training. As the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills looks at rerouting apprenticeship funding directly through employers so they can pay for training, its research found that most were unable to […]

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Apprenticeships to the rescue of the High Street

Apprenticeships could help save the country’s “struggling” high streets, according to the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills select committee. Its report on the retail sector called on employers to be “more ambitious about skills training” with the aim of increasing the number of apprentices at level three and above. The report said the […]

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Providers will ‘no longer be able to force employers to take training they want to offer’, says Gove

Routing apprenticeship funding directly to employers will mean providers can no longer “force employers to take whatever training they happen to want to offer,” Education Secretary Michael Gove has said. In a speech at the McLaren Technology Centre, in Woking, Surrey, today on the future of vocational education, he praised the apprenticeship review carried out […]

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Trailblazers, pay and loans all feature as leading apprenticeship figures meet

Far-reaching government reforms were scrutinised at the Apprenticeship Debate, organised by Association of Education and Learning Providers (AELP). The event, held at the Trades Union Congress HQ in Central London, was attended by around 200 delegates from providers, trade unions and government. The topic of discussion was reform proposals emanating from Doug Richard’s review of […]

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Apprentices get new NUS-backed pressure group

A new pressure group for apprentices has been launched by the National Union of Students (NUS). The National Society for Apprentices was officially launched today — day two of National Apprenticeship Week. The NUS said the aim of the new society was to champion the rights of apprentices and represent their views to government. An NUS […]

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Labour taskforce calls for FE progression to determine schools funding

Labour’s Skills Taskforce has called for school funding to be conditional on whether students progress into FE, employment or training. The third report by the group, set up last year to provide independent policy recommendations to Labour, was published today and recommends that funding withheld from affected schools should go towards their careers guidance services. Young […]

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