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Employing apprentices

The Association of Colleges’ annual HR conference takes place in Nottingham tomorrow and Wednesday. Richard Banks and Geoffrey Mead look at issues on the minds of college HR officers up and down the country.   Hiring apprentices is a great way for businesses to grow their own talent by developing a motivated, skilled and qualified […]

Opinion

The Skills Funding Statement offered unpalatable certainty, but did it also help pave the way for the HMRC apprenticeship funding plan?

Adult apprenticeships emerged as a top funding priority for the government in the Skills Funding Statement last month, according to Mark Corney. He looks at the implications this might have for the HMRC funding plan and also 16 and 17-year-old apprenticeships The skills funding statement (SFS), published alongside the Higher Education Funding Council for England […]

Opinion

Cuts hit much more than bank balances

Former House of Commons Education Select Committee specialist Ben Nicholls is head of policy and communications at London’s Newham College. He writes exclusively for FE Week every month. When I started writing this column a year ago, I promised myself I’d try not to rant, to get too defensive, or to be one-sided. But when the […]

Opinion

Exclusive: an FE Week Q&A with Skills Minister Matthew Hancock on apprenticeships

Reforms, the minimum wage and 24+ loans are just three issues covered in an exclusive  FE Week Q&A as Skills Minister Matthew Hancock speaks all things apprenticeships.    Are you worried about being seen to tweak with the system too much? Our priority is to expand apprenticeships where they deliver greatest benefits, including for young […]

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National Apprenticeship Week 2014

Download your free copy of the FE Week 16-page feature supplement focusing on National Apprenticeship Week 2014. Click here to download (5 mb) ———————————————————- Introduction Apprenticeships have long been the Coalition’s answer to the UK’s skills shortage, and in some ways, their efforts are paying off. Many of our experts in this National Apprenticeship Week supplement will give […]

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Keeping an apprenticeship culture change in sight

A busy year for apprenticeships shows no sign of letting up with reform proposals expected to come to fruition, explains Matthew Hancock, skills minister.  Across the country, our culture is changing, with more people recognising the long overlooked value of technical skills, and just how valuable apprenticeships are. This will be another exciting year for […]

Opinion

Promoting the job done on apprenticeships and examining what’s next

The National Audit Office has laid out the economic benefit underpinning investment in apprenticeships, says Gordon Birtwistle, Liberal Democrat apprentice champion, who explains what the Coalition has been doing to boost their popularity and rigour — and also what still needs to be done. As the government apprenticeship ambassador to business, my job is to advocate and […]

Opinion

The three ‘big problems’ facing apprenticeships

Government action on the apprenticeship programme isn’t doing enough to address the UK skills gap, says Liam Byrne, shadow skills minister. For three years, Britain has been trapped in an economy where wages have grown slowly, and prices have grown fast. Long-term unemployment is up. Youth unemployment is above 900,000. Yet all over Britain firms […]

Opinion

Apprenticeship reforms represent a ‘seismic change’ for businesses

Simple, structured and supported — three key characteristics that must define moves toward apprenticeship funding being routed directly to businesses, says Neil Carberry, director for employment and skills policy, Confederation of British Industry. Now that things are looking up for the economy, investment in apprenticeships is crucial. As the recent results of a UK Commission for Employment […]

Opinion