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‘apprenticeships’
When Vince Cable and John Hayes announced the second list of successful higher apprenticeship bids last week, everyone should have taken note and appreciated the real transformation that is taking place. It is not simply the growing list of occupations likely to attract the attention of young people and their parents. It is also the […]
Opinion
Staff and students are campaigning against the introduction of FE loans today. Protestors have written to the skills minister John Hayes asking for “urgent clarification” on whether the scheme will result in fewer places at FE colleges and independent training providers. They will also be lobbying MPs in their local constituency. Toni Pearce, vice president for […]
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Business secretary Vince Cable has announced 4,239 new higher apprenticeships in sectors such as aviation, low carbon engineering, legal services and space engineering. Providers have been allocated almost £6.5 million to develop the places as part of the second round of the higher apprenticeship fund, which is worth £25 million. Doing an apprenticeship should be […]
Adult learners may have to pay VAT if they study with an independent training provider next year. The 20 per cent charge, which will be applied as part of the “24+ advanced learning loan” scheme, will not affect “eligible bodies”, including FE colleges and not-for-profit organisations. A spokesperson for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) said: […]
The government says they are “looking” at introducing apprenticeships at level 6 and 7. A source from Number 10 said the new levels would widen access routes into specific trades such as construction, advanced engineering and financial services. “Economic flexibility and social progress depends on there being a choice of excellent academic courses and strong […]
L-R: Graham Hoyle OBE, AELP, Martin Dunford,OBE, AELP, Sarah Benioff, NAS, David Russell, DfE and Martin Doel, AoC The skills minister said he had “unfinished business” with pre-apprenticeships on the first day of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) National Conference 2012. John Hayes MP said the government needed to provide a “better […]
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Launching an apprenticeship programme is a big challenge for any private sector organisation. At Barclays, we set an ambitious target at the start of this year to take on 1,000 young people not in education, work or employment and took the programme from conception to getting our first apprentices into work within four months. The […]
There is no doubt that the government’s introduction of Raising the Participation Age (RPA) to age 18 will present a significant business development opportunity to work based learning providers. For those unfamiliar with the DfE proposals, the RPA is being introduced in two phases: for 16-17 year olds in August 2013 and for 17-18 year […]
Entrepreneur Doug Richard is to lead an independent review into the future of the apprenticeship programme in England. The former Dragon’s Den investor has been commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Department for Education (DfE) to look at how the government can build on the record number of new apprentices. […]
