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The apprentice voice

Learning providers know full well the value of their provision and so too does 19-year-old apprentice James Davies As an apprentice currently working with HIT Training, I’m lucky to have first-hand experience of working with a provider and would absolutely recommend the apprenticeship route as a credible, viable alternative to anyone who may feel that […]

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AELP now and in the future

Traineeships were firmly among the top agenda issues for the Association of Employment and Learning Providers during opening speeches at its packed national conference in London. Day one of the two-day conference, entitled Strictly Skills and Employment, focused on employers, providers and apprentices, while day two offered insight from government agencies and politicians. Speakers, including […]

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Q&A with the new AELP chief

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers is just over a month away from being headed by new man Stewart Segal. FE Week reporter Eleanor Radford spoke with him to find out his thoughts on all things FE. What are your thoughts on the new Education and Training Foundation (formerly known as the FE Guild)? […]

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Using technology to improve apprenticeships

We need to use technology in many different ways to improve apprenticeships says Matthew Hancock Following the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ annual conference I want to encourage some of our most important providers of apprenticeships and other work-related training to be open to the potential of new technology to transform their efforts to […]

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AELP National Conference 2013 supplement

Download your free copy of the FE Week 16 page special AELP National Conference 2013 supplement, sponsored by OCR. Click here to download (24mb) Introduction As half of the FE Week team beavered away in a London hotel room to produce this publication, the other half was four floors below witnessing the Association of Employer and Learning […]

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Members don’t want major reform

A number of apprenticeship reviews over the last two years have suggested the system might be broken. There may well be issues, argues Graham Hoyle, but it certainly doesn’t need wholesale fixing As FE Week reported at the end of May, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has a serious difficulty with the […]

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Focus on traineeships as clock ticks down to scheme launch

The long-awaited traineeship scheme was in the spotlight at an Association of Colleges conference in Central London last Tuesday. More than 60 delegates from across the country asked questions about and discussed the programme, which will be available from September for 16 to 19-year-olds. Traineeships will prepare young people for work or an apprenticeship through […]

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VQ Day – Round-up

  Mark Harper MP, Aaron Freeman, National VQ Learner of the Year, and Skills Minister Matthew Hancock VQ Day celebrations kicked off with a ceremony and reception in the Houses of Parliament to recognise the achievements of vocational learners from across the UK. Lord Kenneth Baker, chair of the Edge Foundation, and Skills Minister Matthew […]

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AELP launches manifesto

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has produced a ten-point action plan aimed at “driving an economic recovery based on skills acquisition and jobs”. The association mini manifesto was launched today — day one of its annual conference — and calls for government to keep up spending on education, employment and skills at […]

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