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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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FE Week celebrates its first birthday!

We asked a few FE heroes what they thought of our first year… The further education and skills sector has always needed a voice. Somewhere to analyse the latest policy proposals, and ask the difficult questions when high quality teaching and learning is threatened. That’s why last summer I decided to launch a weekly newspaper […]

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FE loans top summer data conference agenda

More than 180 representatives from colleges, training providers, universities and government agencies packed Morley College’s main hall during the one warm summer’s day we had late last month for the Lsect Summer Term Data Conference. The termly conference, which is organised by Lsect, the publisher of FE Week, had a full agenda that treated delegates […]

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Sub-contracting woes: ‘My story is not unique’

Krissy Charles-Jones is determined that the subcontracting of apprenticeships has to change. The chief executive of Bright International Training told the Apprenticeships England conference last week about the impact on her business when her prime contractor pulled the funding of a cohort of learners on a pilot programme. “This left us in a difficult position. […]

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Traineeships to be piloted

The deputy prime minister has revealed plans for a new pre-apprenticeship scheme that he called “traineeships”. Nick Clegg, speaking at an event held by the Confederation of British Industry on youth unemployment, said the scheme would provide support for people leaving school with minimal work experience or qualifications. It was a package of training and […]

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