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Eight teams from some of the country’s most successful businesses are battling it out to become “apprentice team of the year”. The Brathay Apprentice Challenge, which kicked off today with a 10-mile whaler boat race across Dorney Lake, includes teams of apprentices from Bentley, the Co-Operative, Virgin Media and Rolls Royce. Jez Anderson from the […]
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The skills minister announced a UK successor to the WorldSkills London 2011 competition at the House of Commons last night. The new annual showcase, named ‘WorldSkills UK – The Skills Show’, will be held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham from November 15-17, 2012. John Hayes MP, speaking at the Parliamentary Reception for […]
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More than a tenth of the staff at the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) will soon be made up by apprentices. The organisation has hired nine new apprentices to join three existing learners at the company. LSIS will soon be offering an additional two apprenticeships to make a grand total of 14 out of […]
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The Prime Minister has opened the bidding for the “Employer Ownership of Skills” pilot and announced a second round of funding for higher apprenticeships. Employers can now bid for up to £250 million of direct public funding, bypassing colleges and training providers in order to deliver innovative apprenticeships and vocational training. David Cameron, speaking on […]
The ACEVO Commission on Youth Unemployment has criticised the government’s apprenticeship programme and current schemes designed to tackle youth unemployment. A new report, chaired by David Miliband MP and titled ‘Youth unemployment: The crisis we cannot afford’, says the government could be doing more to help young people who are not in education, employment or […]
The Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee has extended the deadline for submitting written evidence for its apprenticeships inquiry. The new deadline, February 10, hopes to attract more responses during National Apprenticeship Week 2012. Adrian Bariley MP, Chairman of the BIS Select Committee, said: “We want to receive as much evidence as possible. “National Apprenticeship […]
South Essex College of Further and Higher Education has appointed Angela O’Donoghue as its new principal and chief executive. Ms O’Donoghue, currently principal of Sunderland College, is expected to begin her new role in August, ready for the start of the next academic year. South Essex College is the largest college in the eastern region […]
The Government has committed itself to creating an extra 250,000 Apprenticeships by 2015. This is a challenging target, particularly in an economic downturn, with increasing youth unemployment and dramatic reductions in opportunities in the very industries, such as construction, that have traditionally provided places. Initial progress was good. By June 2011, the target of an […]
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