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£20m scheme to recruit 500 extra maths teachers for FE sector unveiled

Graduate maths teachers who choose to teach in FE colleges will get a bonus of up to £10,000 under a £20m plan unveiled by the Government to recruit 500 new maths teachers in the sector. Skills and Enterprise Minister Matthew Hancock announced the new measure today in the wake of changes to traineeships, apprenticeships and […]

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Edition 91: Julie Robinson, Steve Whitehead

  Greater Manchester independent learning provider has appointed a new chief executive. Julie Robinson  has taken the helm at Bolton-based Alliance Learning having risen through the ranks from sales and marketing manager 20 years ago. She started her career at Gullick Dobson as an office junior before joining Alliance Learning in 1994 as a sales […]

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Survey shows employers can’t fill 22pc of vacancies

Nearly a quarter of vacancies in the UK have gone unfilled because of a shortage of much-needed skills, a survey of 91,000 UK employers has revealed. The Employer Skills Survey, by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), found that 22 per cent of the 655,000 vacancies in the UK remained untaken because employers […]

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Fraction of FE loans paid out for apprenticeships

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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Software problems ‘distorting’ key FE and skills statistics

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 […]

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Worries at AELP over HMRC funding proposal

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 […]

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Government announces nuclear college plans

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 […]

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Voice 4 Apprenticeships Conference 2014

An event organised by Apprenticeships for England and supported by the National Apprenticeships Service.

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Apprentice minimum wage ‘crackdown’ questioned

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 […]

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