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The Government must get this right

The introduction of a training route to support young people without the necessary skills and qualifications to start an apprenticeship is a step forward, says shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden, but it must be implemented properly While I welcome the fact the Government are introducing traineeships for the 2013/14 academic year, the timescales involved concern […]

Opinion

Special report on traineeships

Download your free copy of the FE Week 16-page special report on traineeships, sponsored by OCR. Click here to download (20mb) Introduction Since traineeships were first hinted at by deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in June last year, the sector has been asking what they will look like, who they will be for and who […]

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Traineeship restrictions for 19 to 24-year-olds will ‘add confusion and complexity’

A revised framework for traineeships has revealed a programme more restrictive for 19 to 24 year-olds than their 16 to 19 counterparts. The updated Traineeships Framework for Delivery document, published by the government yesterday, says “for 19-24 year olds, the programme will be available only for those who have not yet achieved their first full […]

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Report finds youth employment schemes ‘inadequate’

There are three times as many young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) as there are apprenticeship placements for under-25s, a report revealed today. The statistics were released in the same week as Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced a review of the options available to 16 to 25 year olds in the […]

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Governance reform is at risk of looking to the past

Colleges have been told to think critically about the diversity of their governing boards, but what might that mean when set against the backdrop of an encroaching private sector dominated by rich, old, white, able-bodied men, asks Mick Fletcher. The recently-published report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) on college governance is […]

Opinion

Elmfield boss quits over Ofsted’s inadequate grading

The boss of Elmfield Training has quit after Ofsted inspectors gave the firm an inadequate rating having come across “unacceptably low” results. Ged Syddall resigned after ten years as chief executive, and founder, of the Cheshire-based independent training provider taking “full responsibility” for the results. He said: “Despite many positive findings the business has received […]

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New apprenticeship application figures reveal just one in ten under 19-year-olds are successful

Junior Shadow Education Minister Tristram Hunt has called on the government to boost 16 to 18-year-old apprenticeship hopefuls after government figures published for the first time revealed that in the first nine months of 2012/13 there were 788,640  applications and just 86,700 starts (11%). The figures are based on usage of the National Apprenticeship Service […]

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Apprenticeship funding should be rerouted through the tax system

Highly-skilled jobs needn’t be the reserve of graduates, says Michael Davis. For him, a change in apprenticeships funding might allow them to solve the country’s youth unemployment problem. For the past 18 months, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has been working on proposals to change the way public and private investment in […]

Opinion

Vocational skills to get their own ‘unashamedly aspirational’ A-level

A new ‘Tech-level’ qualification for vocational education was announced by the government today to sit alongside the A-level academic route. They will run from next year and were described by Skills Minister Matthew Hancock as “unashamedly aspirational” — aimed at raising the status of vocational education in England. Local employers will be asked to support […]

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