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Bridging the skills gap through partnership

Barclays is determined that there should be more apprenticeships and that young people have the skills they need to be successful in work, writes Lynne Atkin. Figures for the early part of 2012 suggest that the number of 16 to 18-year-olds entering apprenticeships is declining compared with the same time last year. These figures highlight […]

Opinion

Stewart Segal, incoming CEO, AELP

Stewart Segal has always been interested in knowing what makes people tick. It’s why the incoming chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) took on a human resources graduate training scheme at Ford after studying geography at university. And it’s why the 56-year-old father-of-two “can’t help” watching Jeremy Kyle’s confessional shows […]

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Older apprentices taking 16 to 18-year-old places

The 16 to 18 apprenticeships budget has been cut by £166m as would-be apprentices were squeezed out of places by “competition” from older applicants, a senior Department for Education (DfE) civil servant has revealed. Simon Judge, the DfE’s finance and commercial director, wrote to the Education Select Committee after its expected funding of 16 to […]

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Apprenticeship applications up 32 per cent

Booming application numbers plus an increasing list of vacancies show apprenticeships are growing as a career alternative to university, according to Skills Minister Matthew Hancock. The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has revealed there were 90,420 more online applications between February and April this year than the same period last year, when 278,410 were submitted. The […]

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Time to climb aboard the internship

Former House of Commons Education Select Committee specialist Ben Nicholls is head of policy at London’s Newham College. He writes exclusively for FE Week, every month One of my most enjoyable meetings of the last fortnight was with a Labour MP — a major champion of FE — and his research assistant, currently on placement […]

Opinion

Chris Jones, CEO, City & Guilds

After an hour with Chris Jones it’s difficult to say I’ve discovered much that wasn’t already known. What the City & Guilds chief executive did give away was an enjoyment of mowing the lawn at the home he shares with wife Judy in the Oxfordshire village of Bampton. Oh, and he enjoys watching a bit […]

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Strike threat looms as pay talks resume

The prospect of industrial action looms over FE after the University and Colleges Union (UCU) backed a call to ballot for a national strike. At their national conference on Wednesday, union members agreed to the ballot if upcoming pay talks fell through. The motion described college employers as “making a historic bid to drive down […]

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AELP calls for ‘rethink’ on Richard’s plans

The government has been urged to “rethink” any plans to overhaul the apprenticeship system in line with the recommendations of former Dragons’ Den investor Doug Richard. The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) warned against the introduction of plans outlined in The Future of Apprenticeships in England: Next Steps from the Richard Review, published […]

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Resignations ‘won’t hit’ council work

The resignations of two members of the National Careers Council amid accusations that it was watering down recommendations to appease the government have been described as “regrettable”. Heather Jackson and Professor Tony Watts walked out around a month before its first report was due to be published. However, council chair Dr Deirdre Hughes said their […]

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