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Apprentice starts for 16 to 18 keep falling

The continual downward slide in the numbers of under-19s taking up apprenticeships is “substantial” and “worrying”, Junior Shadow Education Minister Tristram Hunt has said. He spoke out after the latest Statistical First Release (SFR), published by the Data Service on Thursday, showed that  4,000 fewer 16 to 18-year-olds started apprenticeships from February to April this […]

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College boss quits to lead Gazelle FE

The chief executive of North Hertfordshire College, Fintan Donohue, is to step down to concentrate on his role as executive chair of the Gazelle Colleges Group. Mr Donohue will leave the college, where he has been chief executive for seven years, at the end of next month. He said he had decided it was “the […]

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Downing Street send-off for UK’s WorldSkills competitors

Number 10 Downing Street got a visit from the cream of the UK’s vocational learners before they jetted off to Germany to take on the best of the rest at WorldSkills 2013. Parliament’s apprenticeship ambassador Andrew Jones MP was on hand to greet the 34-strong Team UK, before they met with London Olympics bronze medal-winning […]

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FE faces a painful hit . . .

. . .  and the losers will be adults with low qualifications who are taking their first steps as learners, says David Hughes in his reaction to Wednesday’s Spending Review Wednesday’s spending announcement was a highly political holding operation. It covers only one financial year (2015/16) and cuts just £11.5bn from an annual budget of […]

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EFA ‘loses’ £20m to private providers

Private training providers were overpaid around £20m last year by the Education Funding Agency (EFA), FE Week can exclusively reveal. Around 10 per cent of the EFA’s 2011/12 budget for private sector provision for 16 to 18-year-olds was not returned, even though it wasn’t delivered. A further 15 per cent — around £25m — was […]

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Traineeships extension to 19 to 24-year-olds in Spending Review

The government has announced it will be extending the traineeship programme to cover 19 to 24-year-olds as part of today’s spending review. Traineeships, which combine work experience placements with maths, English and employability training, are set begin in August for 16 to 19-year-olds. A government spokesperson has told FE Week the extension to 24-year-olds will also […]

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Curtains up on theatrical careers

Two Leeds apprentices have landed jobs at Leeds Grand Theatre. Grace Dean, 21, and Bethany Beal, 20, both completed cultural heritage operations apprenticeships through Leeds City College, developing and delivering education programmes, tours and events, before working part-time at the theatre until full-time recruitment started. Bethany is now a finance assistant at the theatre, while […]

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Spreading the good word

Eilis Bond tells why Plymouth’s finalists in the recent Brathay Challenge were determined to banish stereotypes surrounding apprenticeships  Work has gone back to normal after a hectic and crazy six months leading up to the recent Brathay Challenge final, a national competition aimed at boosting the profile of apprenticeships. As part of the challenge, our […]

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Agency losses top £6m mark

More than £6m of Skills Funding Agency cash was written off last year, an increase of nearly 50 per cent on the previous year. The agency’s annual report and accounts show a 43 per cent increase, £1.871m, in its losses for the 2012/13 academic year. The overall loss of £6.192m was largely accounted for by […]

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