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Mixed welcome for older apprenticeships ‘policy shift’

An apparent shift in FE funding policy that could see a rise in the number of 24+ apprentices has received a mixed welcome. In March last year the agency said, in its 2012/13 final allocations methodology briefing note, that it would “not award any growth” for older apprenticeships. But an agency spokesperson confirmed to FE […]

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Labour conference fringe event

Download your free copy of the FE Week 16-page Labour conference fringe event supplement on the future of apprenticeships, in partnership with Pearson. Click here to download (15mb) Introduction Welcome to this FE Week supplement on the Labour Party conference fringe, where FE Week ran its own event. This was our first foray into the […]

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New social partnership needed for apprentices

Wider agreement between the Government, employers, learners and learning providers is needed to ensure apprenticeships set people up for long and fulfilling careers, explains David Hughes from the Labour Party Conference. We all know apprentices are a good thing, don’t we? Sitting on the panel at the FE Week fringe event last night on the […]

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FE Week at Labour Party Conference 2013

The FE Week team attended the first day of the Labour Party Conference in Brighton yesterday. We held a poll on the apprenticeship minimum wage during the day and a fringe event, sponsored by Pearson, in the evening. There will be plenty of photos and reporting in the next edition of FE Week (September 30), […]

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Labour calls time on the level 2 apprenticeship

Labour’s Skills Taskforce, chaired by Chris Husbands, has today published a report on apprenticeships: A revolution in apprenticeships: a something-for-something deal with employers. Describing itself as a “strategy to dramatically increase the number and quality of apprenticeships in England” the report says: “to protect the apprenticeship brand, level 2 training should be renamed as a traineeship or similar.” “A universal gold […]

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Labour announce plans to create an apprentice for each foreign worker

Ed Miliband, the Labour Party leader, has announced plans to force firms to take on an apprentice every time they employ someone from outside the EU in the UK. A BBC report says that Mr Miliband has told the Sunday Mirror:  “I want a high wage British economy, not a low wage brutish economy, and we’ve got […]

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Labour shadow visits Walsall College

New policies due soon, says Hunt New announcements about Labour Party policy on FE will be released within a month, Shadow Junior Education Minister Tristram Hunt told FE Week editor Nick Linford. On a tour of Walsall College, the first college graded outstanding under Ofsted’s current inspection framework, Mr Hunt said many policy ideas were […]

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Hairdressers get the Commons touch

An MP brushed up on all things apprenticeship when he visited West Nottinghamshire College. Apprenticeship ambassador Andrew Jones was given a tour of college facilities and met hospitality, catering, hairdressing and beauty apprentices. He also met principal Asha Khemka OBE and senior executives, local employers and apprentices for talks on local apprenticeships available Mr Jones […]

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Has online careers guidance lost face?

Schools weren’t the only ones frowned upon by Ofsted when it assessed careers guidance. The National Careers Service came in for criticism too and also needs careful consideration, says Stephan Jungnitz. If you’re working in the commercial sector, perhaps the quickest way to your P45 and the dole queue is to encourage potential customers to […]

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