York College
‘apprenticeships’
The former minister of FE is variously described, with good humour, as a maverick, a poet, a crusader, and an arts and crafts revivalist. His public speeches are filled with references to William Morris, Shelley and the Romantic age of guilds and chivalry. Even his most ardent opponents call John Hayes “friendly”, “likeable” and, most […]
Profiles
Matthew Hancock, the MP who took over from John Hayes in the reshuffle, says he’s “delighted” with his rapid move through the parliamentary ranks to a junior ministerial post. The new joint Parliamentary Under Secretary for Business Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education is in his first term as an MP. He was […]
News
Tomorrow the further eduction sector will wake up to a new minister, as this evening the Prime Minister’s Office announced via twitter that John Hayes has been moved to the Department of Energy and Climate Change. FE Week got in touch with the shadow minister, and a number of FE sector leaders, and it seems the first emotion […]
The latest in a series of reports on apprenticeships came off the conveyor belt last week just as many 18 year olds were considering their options in the light of their exam results and the Government was said to be considering its options for stimulating growth and employment. The focus of this latest report was […]
Opinion
The government has announced new measures to help small employers take on apprentices in response to the Holt Review published today. In the report jeweller and social entrepreneur Jason Holt said that the main barriers to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) taking on apprentices are “lack of awareness, insufficient SME empowerment and poor process.” The government […]
The De Vere Academy of Hospitality has been given permission by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) to start all of their learners on an access to apprenticeship. “As agreed with NAS and the Skills Funding Agency (SFA), De Vere’s work trial programme allows all starts to be on a six week access pathway with the […]
The Employer Ownership of Skills pilot will not launch in August as planned, according to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). Applicants were supposed to be contacted by the Commission in June and July, with the delivery of successful bids starting in August. However, a UKCES spokesperson told FE Week they were still waiting for Ministers […]
A review into how businesses can be encouraged to hire an apprentice has been delayed by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Social entrepreneur and jeweller Jason Holt has finished his review, but the report and government response will not be published by the end of the month as planned. “The date slipped, but […]
On August 15 an 18-year-old near you will take a leap in the dark – they will be one of the 50,000 or so students whose A-level results were not good enough to get into their first or second choice university. I want to examine just how dangerous this leap is. I am of course talking […]
