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‘apprenticeships’
Labour leader Ed Miliband and shadow chancellor Ed Balls jumped on a train to Southend to see an innovative example of traditional boundaries in education being broken down by new forms of partnership. The day after it was announced that youth unemployment had nearly touched a million, the opposition’s leadership toured Futures Community College, a […]
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Half of colleges have seen a drop in enrolment figures, with the blame partly placed on the loss of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA). A survey by the Association of Colleges (AoC) of 182 colleges shows 49 per cent are reporting falling numbers of 16-19-year-olds, compared to last year. It also shows a national drop […]
Nine out of ten apprenticeship providers are still delivering Key Skills, rather than Functional Skills, according to a recent survey by the Association of Learning Providers (AELP). The study, which had 173 responses over five working days, found that training providers had a remarkably low level of confidence in the delivery of Functional Skills in […]
Skills Funding Agency listen to feedback from FE providers and delay roll-out until 2013/14 The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has delayed full implemenation of its ‘simplified’ adult skills funding system until 2013/14. Colleges and training organisations will have to use the current methodology in 2012/13, but are advised to plan for the upcoming changes in […]
World famous chef, Marco Pierre White, impressed and intrigued Hospitality students at Chichester College with stories of his rise within the industry. His calm and measured attitude had students on the edge of their seats to note stern words of advice and inspirational anecdotes. Marco said: “Luck gives the opportunity and it’s the awareness of […]
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Janet Murray is a freelance education journalist, writing mainly for The Guardian and well as FE Week and the TES. Jan has been freelancing for ten years. She said: “I found I was getting really busy and having to turn down work, no self employed person wants to do that. “I thought about hiring a […]
WorldSkills has been and gone, all the hype, the advertising, the supplements, the drum banging… and now the silence is deafening. Colleges try to whip up support from the media, but it’s short lived, the energy dissipates like the steam from the industry-standard hair straighteners once used to style a winner. The skills circus has […]
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A sculpture of the ‘Plumber’s Apprentice’ has been unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester at Cannon Street Station. The seven-foot tall, bronze statue has been built to represent the industry’s history with London and the company’s commitment to training young plumbers. Chris Sneath, Master of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers, said: “The statue is […]
Around 250 young people will be affected by lost apprenticeships and engineering jobs at Bombardier, a union has warned. Rail union RMT said the firm will be forced to reduce apprenticeships from the Bombardier Centre of Excellence in Derby, if the Government fails to reverse the decision to send the Thameslink fleet contract overseas. The […]
