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Are we giving employers enough credit?

There is a disconnect between the interests of the education and skills establishment, and the needs of employers, says Jane Scott Paul The consistent mantra of successive governments in designing skills policy has been employer leadership. If we are to create a highly skilled, competitive economy, industry and employers must take the lead as they […]

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NAS investigates apprentices’ hours

The National Apprenticeship Service is investigating claims that apprentices are regularly working “over and above their contracted hours”. UnionLearn, the learning and skills organisation of the Trades Union Congress, has reported that apprentices are breaking their contracts by doing their contracted hours in the workplace — and then studying on top without pay. A UnionLearn […]

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New website misses national providers

A newly-launched apprenticeship website aimed at employers could be leaving out national providers, it has been claimed. A mandatory postcode section, combined with a mandatory distance field, means that providers without a base in the search area won’t show up in the results. The Association of Employment and Learning Provider’s director of employment and skills, […]

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SFA ‘moves goalposts’ for small contracts

The future of the Skills Funding Agency’s minimum contract level policy has been called into question after it emerged 50 providers have been given allocations of less than £500,000. More than £7m could be paid out by the agency on contracts below its minimum level. The smallest of these is for £11,274 and the biggest […]

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Traineeships launched, but only for some

The 11-month wait for a government outline of traineeships is over — but “disappointment” has been expressed about who can take them. They were first proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in June last year to help 16 to 24-year-olds gain work-related skills and attitudes. But it wasn’t until today that the Skills Minister […]

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New chief executive at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers

The incoming chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has told how apprenticeships will be at the top of his agenda. Stewart Segal (pictured) takes over from Graham Hoyle OBE in three months having impressed association bosses who interviewed more than 50 candidates for the job. Mr Segal has experience of the […]

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We need to talk about the Tech Bacc

The government’s plans for vocational education move the debate forward but more detailed discussions with employers, and  FE and school sector representatives are vital, says Brian Lightman After what has felt like an incredibly long wait, there is some sense of relief that the government has finally given an indication of its plans for vocational […]

Opinion

Provider’s ‘appalling’ pass rate

Just 6,375 out of 13,420 adult retail apprentices succeeded England’s biggest apprenticeship provider has come under fire from the chair of a government watchdog after “appalling” figures revealed less than half of its retail and wholesale leavers qualified last year. Just 47.5 per cent of Elmfield Training’s 13,420 leavers in the sector aged 25 or […]

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Governor backs defiant Taylor

‘It’s a comfort to be asked to stay on,’ says Coventry principal The chair of City College Coventry’s board of governors has refused to sack his principal after a disastrous inspection result. The college was branded inadequate — a grade four result — across each of the education watchdog’s headline fields. The 8,000-learner college was […]

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