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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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Adult Skills Budget in line for 19 per cent funding cut

The government’s Adult Skills Budget is facing a cut of 19 per cent by 2016, the long-awaited Skills Funding Statement (SFS) has revealed. The document, which was expected following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement in December, was released today. It shows that the Adult Skills Budget will fall from its current rate of £2.467bn to £2.004bn […]

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WorldSkills competitions open as learners fight for spot on plane to Abu Dhabi

Apprentices and learners are being urged to put their skills to the test and fight for a spot on the plane to Abu Dhabi in 2017  by entering this year’s WorldSkills UK competitions. Entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den panellist Theo Paphitis is leading the call for entries, after registration opened today. Applicants have until March 21 […]

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Could another nosedive in apprentice numbers be around the corner?

Government figures this month indicated advanced apprenticeship starts had plummeted since the introduction of FE loans and with more policy changes afoot David Harbourne asks whether we could be in line for another big drop. Official statistics have confirmed a massive fall in the number of adults (25+) starting level three apprenticeships. In the first […]

Opinion

Building a skilled construction workforce between the gaps

While the building trade is a big employer of apprentices, the wider construction industry suffers skills gaps elsewhere. But Laing O’Rourke has teamed up with FE and skills bodies, including a number of colleges, to boost the development of industry-needed skills, explains Alison Lamplough. he construction industry is a major UK employer and, as well […]

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Peter Marples, director and owner, Aspire Achieve Advance

In early 2006 Peter Marples, fresh off the back of a merger between his provider Assa and training giant Carter & Carter, was vaunted in national press as “one of the least known and more powerful people in further education”. When I tell him this, he laughs and describes it as “an inappropriate comment by […]

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Hayes in FE ‘comeback’ after year out

Former Skills Minister John Hayes has called for more to be done to improve careers advice for young people in what he jokingly called his “comeback” to FE. Speaking on FE and skills for the first time since leaving the role, Mr Hayes said the sector had a lot to be proud of. But, Mr […]

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