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Provider cuts averaging up to 15pc expected this week

Providers were expected to be hit with adult skills budget cuts  this week at an average of between 10 and 15 per cent, the Association of Colleges (AoC) has warned. Allocations are due out this week, providing the first indication of the impact of a 19 per cent two-year adult skills budget cut that was outlined […]

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Could traineeships stem skills shortage problem?

Traineeships are most commonly viewed as a means of taking on youth unemployment, but, asks, Fiona Aldridge, could they also help answer skills shortages in science, technology, engineering and maths? Traineeships, apprenticeships, higher standards and better qualifications were four key priorities outlined by Skills Minister Matthew Hancock in the recently-published Skills Funding Statement. But six […]

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Behind the scenes of National Apprenticeship Week

It’s five big days in the calendar for apprenticeships and Barbara Spicer explains not only what happened before and during National Apprenticeship Week, but also how it aims to attract more employers to the programme. One week: more than 1,000 events, well on track to beat last year’s record, and trending on Twitter. Unless you’ve […]

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The DNA of good apprenticeships

As the sector celebrates apprenticeships, Phil Romain looks at what makes for a good one. My passion for apprenticeships stems from my own experiences. I was fortunate to have had an outstanding apprenticeship in a company where many of the directors and senior managers were ex-apprentices themselves. This led me to a career in engineering, […]

Opinion

Behind the scenes of National Apprenticeship Week

It’s five big days in the calendar for apprenticeships and Barbara Spicer explains not only what happened before and during National Apprenticeship Week, but also how it aims to attract more employers to the programme. One week: more than 1,000 events, well on track to beat last year’s record, and trending on Twitter. Unless you’ve […]

Opinion

The DNA of good apprenticeships

As the sector celebrates apprenticeships, Phil Romain looks at what makes for a good one. My passion for apprenticeships stems from my own experiences. Some apprenticeship schemes I have inspected are world-beaters and, dare I say, better than Germany’s — but far too many are not” I was fortunate to have had an outstanding apprenticeship […]

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Apprentices tell of careers guidance problems in ministerial debate

Apprentices from across the country aired their views on the programme at a debate in Central London. Reporter Rebecca Cooney went along to watch those at the centre of National Apprenticeship Week have their say. The first ever apprentice debate was organised by the Industry Apprenticeship Council (IAC) alongside the Voice of Apprenticeships conference held […]

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Reforms signal ‘death’ of teen apprenticeships

An “enforced” employer’s fee for 16 and 17-year-old apprenticeships under government funding reforms could spell the end of the programme, it has been claimed. This will create an 18 to 24 English apprenticeship system, but it will kill off apprenticeships for 16 and 17 year olds.” The move was revealed as part of a technical […]

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Traffic lights warning on careers guidance progress

Not enough has been done to meet recommendations for the future of careers advice in England outlined by the National Careers Council (NCC), the watchdog has said. In its report, An Aspirational Nation: Achieving a culture change in careers provision, released in June last year, the NCC made seven recommendations about improvements to the National […]

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