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Guest reporter Shane Chowen heads to Switzerland

On the 18-21 June I’m taking a four day break from being Policy Officer for IfL, and will be in Switzerland for a ‘study and media trip’, reporting exclusively for FE Week Each day I will be posting snippets from the trip on this web page, so stay tuned. Also follow the #FEweekontour hash-tag ——————————————————————————————————————— […]

Opinion

Lewisham College student is The Skills People’s 1,000th apprentice this year

Lewisham College student Connor Holgate is the 1,000th apprentice to be signed up by The Skills People this year. The bartender at Shepherd Neame’s Ye Olde Whyte Lyon in Kent has started a Level 2 hospitality apprenticeship with the College. Connor said: “My ambition is to run my own pub. Being an apprentice will teach […]

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Graham Hoyle, chief executive, AELP

“My father gave me two pieces of advice: ‘don’t do shift work’ and ‘join the civil service,” says Graham Hoyle, of his early careers education. Growing up in Barton Hill, a “tough, inner-city” area of Bristol, he wanted to join the police force, but years of watching his father work long, unsociable hours at the […]

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Functional Skills funded for 38 per cent less

Providers delivering in the workplace will receive almost 40 per cent less funding when they are forced to switch from Adult Basic Skills (ABS) Certificates to Functional Skills qualifications in August. The current version of the Learning Aim Reference Application (LARA) shows that while providers receive £505 for each ABS qualification they deliver, under Functional […]

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Subcontractor hits out at “rip off” management fee

The head of a subcontractor has called the high management fees used by some FE colleges a “rip off”. “The colleges get away with it because they can,” the source, who wished to remain anonymous told FE Week. “Subcontractors simply don’t have the clout to turn around to their local college and say up yours, […]

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Government announce independent review into the future of apprenticeships

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) have announced that Doug Richard, described as an entrepreneur and founder of School for Startups,  is to lead an independent review into the future of apprenticeships. The BIS statement say “the review will examine how apprenticeships can continue to best meet the needs of employers, individuals, and the wider […]

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Great Debate on Teaching and Learning

Joy Mercer, AoC and Bob Powell, Holex, offered opinions and views from the floor Apprenticeships were fiercely debated at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) conference, with a diverse panel of experts exploring how to improve standards. Central to the debate was the question of quality. Members of the panel suggested that the […]

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UTCs – a revolution in technical education

This week the government approved a further 15 University Technical Colleges (UTCs). This raises the total number of projects to 34. Two UTCs are open, three more will start this September, with the rest opening in the following two years. The concept of UTCs was the brainchild of Lord Baker and Lord Dearing, who won […]

Opinion

Flaws highlighted in the Apprenticeship Training Agency model

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has questioned the way learners are employed by Apprenticeship Training Agencies (ATAs). An article in the association’s weekly briefing, written by Graham Hoyle, chief executive of AELP, said there had been “simmering disquiet” from members about the legitimacy of the ATA model. “For many the capacity allowing […]

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