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Young landscape gardeners selected for WorldSkills UK squad

Seven landscape gardeners have earned a place in Squad UK for WorldSkills Leipzig 2013. The competitors were chosen after competing in a three day selection event at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park. The selected landscape gardeners  are: – Matt Beasley, 18, from Winsford, Cheshire, who attends Reaseheath College. – Matthew Bradley, 18, from Crumlin, Co.Antrim, Northern […]

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Chesterfield College appoint new principal

Trevor Clay has been revealed as the new principal and chief executive of Chesterfield College. “With over 1 million young people unemployed it is more important than ever that we give people the skills they need to gain employment,” he said. “As such, I’m excited about taking the college forward as we look to our mission […]

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Download your FREE copy of FE Week lite

We have today published a 5 page FE Week lite edition, which is FREE for all to download. Click here to download the first FE Week lite (4mb) Our next printed edition of FE Week for subscribers will be on the 10 September, as we only publish a weekly printed edition in term time. To subscribe to […]

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FE Weekend asks ‘where next for apprenticeships?’

The future of apprenticeships was debated by the sector at FE Weekend last Friday. The summer conference, hosted at Morley College, was FE Week’s first event looking at the latest updates and policy developments surrounding apprenticeships. The agenda included speeches on various aspects of apprenticeships, such as funding frameworks, minimum durations and subcontracting. One highlight […]

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Squad UK announced for WorldSkills Leipzig 2013

The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has today announced the young competitors that have won a place in Squad UK for WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 – the skills Olympics. WorldSkills is the biggest international skills competition in the world. Held every two years in one of its 61 member countries or regions, the competition sees around 1,000 […]

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Ofsted slams FE for failing to address the unemployment problem

Matching students with a course that will lead to employment is “not a high enough priority” for FE providers, according to a report published by Ofsted today. Their Skills for Employment report found that too many courses focused on the achievement of qualifications and did not extend to training that led to job specific skills. […]

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Hayes announces concessions on 24+ Advanced Learning Loans

John Hayes, Minister of State for FE, Skills & Lifelong Learning,  has today announced that the government will introduce a series of support measures for those taking out 24+ Advanced Learning Loans (24+ ALL). In a written ministerial statement Hayes said, “This is the first time that loans have been available in Further Education, and […]

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Learning from the Swiss system of apprenticeships

When Doug Richard was asked about the successful Swiss system for apprenticeships at the launch of the call for evidence for his Review, he correctly highlighted the differences in the scale and complexity of our respective economies. And yet there is something beguiling about the simplicity that the Swiss have achieved in their arrangements. A […]

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Promote FE to tackle unemployment

During a recession it would make more sense for people to be supported to learn new skills in further education than paid to look for jobs that don’t exist. That is the simple headline message of a new report prepared by the 157 Group to be published this week. Colleges maintain that there are many […]

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