York College
‘apprenticeships’
Jason Holt’s review sets out what we can do to encourage many more smaller businesses to become involved with apprenticeships; it is a chance to refresh and streamline the service that we provide. In particular, the report has highlighted that we need to make businesses more aware of the support that the National Apprenticeship Service […]
Opinion
Hundreds of providers are failing to hit a government target for keeping a check on whether new apprentices have got jobs. Learner records for an estimated 30,000 students were returned to the Information Authority (IA) with “not known”, “not provided” or “missing” in the employment status box last academic year. The National Union of Students […]
News
Entrepreneur Jason Holt has told of his disappointment that the government has not taken heed of his recommendations that schools promote apprenticeships. In a comment piece published today in FE Week, Mr Holt said he was worried the government’s response to his review of apprenticeships would not lead to the changes “desperately needed” in schools. […]
I am passionate about the role apprenticeships have to play in helping to re-energise our economy. They are a great way to bring new blood into a business and to ensure that new opportunities are seized and important skills are not lost. It has been gratifying, therefore, that the recommendations I put forward in my […]
The government’s promised pre-apprenticeship scheme, referred to by the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg in July as a “traineeship”, will not be piloted until spring next year, FE Week has learnt. In response, Graham Hoyle, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ chief executive, said “urgent action” was needed to provide a programme for young […]
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 […]
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 […]
