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Give employers ownership via tax system

More employer ownership (and tax credits) will help to ensure that apprenticeship schemes drive the economy forward, says Doug Richard National Apprenticeship Week provides the perfect opportunity to reflect on how valuable but undervalued apprenticeships are in this country. I am a big believer that they need to be both championed and reworked for their […]

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Q&A with Ofsted’s Sir Michael Wilshaw

Sir Michael Wilshaw (pictured left), Ofsted’s chief inspector, tells FE Week of his experiences looking at Germany’s apprenticeship system Why did you visit Germany? When preparing my first annual report for learning and skills, I was keen to see how England fared on the international scene. It was striking to note that youth unemployment was […]

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New jobs, new business and new growth

The sixth National Apprenticeship Week is a chance to reflect and look forward to the changes that will drive up the quality of apprenticeships, says Matthew Hancock Apprenticeships are booming with more than a million starting since the last election. But there is much more to tell in this success story. As well as ensuring […]

Opinion

Online vacancies and applications soar

The boss of the National Apprenticeship Service said that more consumers and employers “are recognising the benefits of apprenticeships”. David Way, chief executive of the service, spoke out as new figures revealed that 26 per cent more places were open to apprentices applying online from November 2012 to January 2013 than the previous year. There […]

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The FE Week National Apprenticeship Week 2013 supplement

Download your copy of our special 16 page supplement, produced in partnership with NCFE, via the link below. > http://lsect.co.uk/NAW-2013-Supp.pdf (15mb) Introduction to the supplement Thousands of apprentices, from hairdressers to aeronautic engineers, will next week show off all that apprenticeships have to offer. More than 800 events, including an international conference, have-a-go activities and a […]

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Provider told ‘no chance’ of growth request

A training provider in the Midlands slashed its growth request by 75 per cent after local staff at the Skills Funding Agency said there was “no chance of putting forward any form of growth case for classroom-based provision for the unemployed”. Bosses at Leicester-based Skillspoint, which has around 450 learners in sectors including construction and […]

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Cooking up a storm with Michelin-starred chef

There was a surprise on the menu for Birmingham cookery students when a Michelin starred chef announced he would be taking on not one, but three apprentices. South and City College ran an introduction to cookery course in partnership with chef Glynn Purnell, to help him find a future culinary star to be an apprentice […]

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Staying on after school has a new meaning

Thanks to the raising of the participation age, staying on after school no longer means sitting in class after the end-of-day bell rings — it also means big changes for education along with benefits for 17 and 18-year-olds, as Lesley Donoghue explains. Most parents and adults who work in education will be aware that from […]

Opinion

Exclusive: Jobs hope with agreement on Pearson in Practice

The future of around 150 FE jobs might have been saved after a deal was struck “in principle” to buy Pearson in Practice. The firm, bought as Melorio Plc (consisting of Zenos and Construction Learning World) two years go by Pearson for £99.3m, could soon be renamed Vision Workforce Skills if the deal with West Nottinghamshire […]

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