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Report calls for female apprenticeship targets

The government has been urged to set private contractor targets to boost the number of female apprentices in sectors traditionally dominated by men. The Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee report Women in the Workplace also criticises careers guidance as promoting academic rather than vocational career paths and calls for action to improve female representation […]

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Film gives an insider’s view of care sector

The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has launched a film to encourage more young people into apprenticeships in the care sector. The film features four current and former apprentices working in different roles across the sector discussing how an apprenticeship has benefited them. Lindsay Giess, 32, who features in the film, completed an advanced apprenticeship in […]

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A battle against each other and the elements

Eight teams compete in the Lake District for top honours in a national contest for apprentices Scores of youngsters descended on the Lake District last week to take part in the gruelling finals of a national competition aimed at boosting the profile of apprenticeships. Eight teams from as far afield as Plymouth, Norwich and Burnley […]

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Stepping up to the challenge

Only one company can claim to have the official apprentice team of the year, but the benefits of the Brathay Apprentice Challenge go far beyond awarding a title, writes David Way In just two years, the Brathay Apprentice Challenge has become one of the highlights of the apprenticeships, calendar. This year, plastics manufacturing firm Innovia […]

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Event proves a piece of cake

More than 500 delegates attended the 11th national conference of the Association for Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), described as a “terrific” two days by outgoing chief executive Graham Hoyle. The event in London was chaired by Chris Humphries CBE, the chairman of National Numeracy and the founding chief executive of the UK Commission for […]

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Colleges miss out on traineeship cash

Colleges look set to miss out on £12m handed over to the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) for traineeships, FE Week can reveal. The Department for Education (DfE) has transferred the cash to agency coffers to pay specific traineeship providers through their 16 to 18 apprenticeship contracts. The ring-fenced funding has been made available for next […]

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Funding rethink

For Michael Davis, the Richard Review got it just about right In politics, consensus is a rare thing. And consensus on something that actually matters is even rarer. That’s why apprenticeships, with their broad cross-party support, are a cherished area of relative stability in the turbulent waters of FE and skills. For the Prime Minister, […]

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Think-tank calls for the return of polytechnics

The Association of Colleges has questioned the conclusions of a report calling on the government to bring back polytechnics, abolished by the Conservatives in 1992. The final report of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education, published by think-tank IPPR, suggests that large FE colleges, in which most students are on higher education courses, […]

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The AELP wishlist for the election

Having long called for a pre-apprenticeship programme, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers can claim a victory in the government’s new traineeship scheme but, says Martin Dunford, there is much still to do We may be two years away from a general election, but the political manoeuvring has already started. Labour and the Liberal […]

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