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The UK’s first WorldSkills competitor shares his story

Who would have thought a careers event attracting thousands of young people to Birmingham would have roots leading to a Spanish dictator’s palace? As organisers of this year’s Skills Show UK revealed 70,000 people attended the three-day event, the UK’s first WorldSkills competitor told FE Week of the show’s beginnings. Doug Hill, now aged 77, […]

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Let’s value technical education

The CBI welcomes the Richard Review on apprenticeships, says Neil Carberry. But any shift  to a new system will have to be carefully managed so that it does not undermine existing provision and opportunities One of the constant cries from the FE sector is that it is too often forgotten by ministers who invest political […]

Opinion

Supporting employer incentives

There is much to welcome in the Richard Review (although paper exams should stay and employers should not design new qualifications on their own), says Sally Hunt of the University and Colleges Union The Richard Review’s emphasis on an apprenticeship being a form of education to be held in high regard and its efforts to […]

Opinion

Neil Bates, CEO, Prospects Learning Foundation

When he was 24 Neil Bates was married and wanting to start a family. He saw decades of job security ahead of him at the civil service where he’d been for two years securing providers to retrain the unemployed. But there was something missing: the chance to make a real difference. So, spotting a job running a […]

Profiles

Richard Review angers AELP

A review of apprenticeships that called for workplace tax breaks has been angrily rejected by the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP). It said that Doug Richard’s review of apprenticeships “created a hugely damaging picture” from its front cover illustrated with various tools to its “lack of understanding”. It also said that “some of […]

News

AELP members respond to Richard Review with ‘anger’

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) today responded to the Richard Review of Apprenticeships. See their response in full below: The Richard review of apprenticeships has now hit the streets and unlike most reviews asserts that it has to be accepted on an all or nothing basis.  That condition alone makes it impossible […]

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VAT plans will dent adult apprenticeships

Training experts say adults will be put off apprenticeships after the government announcement that training providers must charge VAT on new FE loans. Chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), Graham Hoyle, pictured right, said the charges would have a “serious impact” on higher apprenticeships. The charge, which Mr Hoyle expects […]

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What should FE expect in the coming years?

With the budget announcements tomorrow coinciding with the half way point for this Government, Steve Besley, Head of Policy at Pearson, looks at what might lie ahead for the world of FE  The end of the year is always a busy time for the FE sector but this year it brings the added twist of marking the […]

Opinion

Doug Richard, author, Richard Review of Apprenticeships

From humble beginnings a dragon was born. The entrepreneurial nous of Dragons’ Den investor and government review author Doug Richard wasn’t always present. Today, aged 54, he runs the School for Startups social enterprise and keeps an eye on new business opportunities with the Cambridge Angels investment group, but the picture of a young Richard, […]

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