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Cable to face MPs’ questions over failed apprentice loans policy

Business Secretary Vince Cable is this week expected to be grilled by MPs about the failed apprenticeship FE loans system. Adrian Bailey, chair of the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee, said he planned to question Dr Cable on 24+ advanced learning loans during a session starting around 10.15am on Wednesday. The session is […]

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Keeping the apprenticeship wage up to date in the workplace — and online

It took the National Apprenticeship Service, and the overarching Skills Funding Agency, three months to act over a 3p rise to £2.68 on the apprentice minimum wage. The rise happened in October, but it took until mid-December before the official online advertising system for apprenticeships was amended so as to only accept adverts at the […]

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Marketing ‘FE’s best-kept secret’ — have we got the seven Ps right on traineeships?

Why have traineeships had such a poor take-up, asks Ruth Sparkes. Traineeships were supposed to be ‘the next big thing’ for FE. You may be forgiven for thinking that traineeships were a government knee-jerk reaction to our shocking youth unemployment figures. While it may well be the case that 59 per cent of young people […]

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Working backwards to move forwards on attracting ‘elusive’ 16 to 18 apprentices

Providers delivered less 16 to 18 apprenticeship provision last year than they had initially expected. It resulted in a £241.5m under-delivery on the programme across the sector. Ben Pike looks at what providers can do to get more teenagers interested in apprenticeships. At a time when the media is shining the spotlight on apprenticeships and […]

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Loans system ‘leads to 18 pc’ fall in learner numbers

The FE loans system could lead to a drop in learner numbers of up to 18 per cent, a thinktank has suggested. Research by New Economy predicts the number of 24-plus learners in skills training in Greater Manchester will fall by between 15 and 18 per cent in the wake of the introduction of advanced […]

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Helping hairdressers is highlight of MP’s visit

Apprentices hairdressers were dyeing’ to show-off the skills they have learned to Carshalton and Wallington MP Tom Brake. The Liberal Democrat MP met learners training in hairdressing, hospitality and catering, motor vehicle repairs, and accounting, during a visit to Carshalton College. He even helped level two      hairdressing NVQ apprenticeship students Shanley King, aged 17, and […]

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Colleges hit by 18-year-old funding rate cut far worse than school sixth forms, government assessment reveals

Colleges will be hit by a controversial funding rate cut for 18-year-olds far worse than school sixth forms, a much-anticipated government impact assessment has revealed. The report on plans to reduce the full-time funding rate for 18-year-old learners to 17.5 per cent less than 16 and 17-year-olds was published by the Department for Education today — […]

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Keeping the industry in mind on apprenticeships

As employers take greater ownership of the skills agenda, it’s important to remember the qualifications of apprentices remain relevant to the sector — not just their boss’s immediate workplace needs, says Scott Waddington. Privately-educated pupils have been warned by Girls’ School Association president Hilary French they can no longer afford to be ‘sniffy’ about apprenticeships, […]

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Providers underpaid on ASB by £61.8m

Just over half of all providers in England were not paid for all the work they carried out last academic year, leaving some providers “very disappointed”. The Funding Year Values released by the Skills Funding Agency last month showed 51 per cent (514) of the 1015 providers included were paid less than the value of […]

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