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AELP conference 2024: Insights from ex-minister and new CEO

FE Week rounds up some of the key speeches

The robots have already marched into apprenticeships

AI tools could save training providers big bucks and improve quality. But at what cost?

‘Outstanding’ for Dyson’s axed degree apprenticeships

Dyson says it would prefer to pay £250,000 per student to avoid the “burden” of degree apprenticeship paperwork

The rock ’n’ roll career of MBKB boss Mark Bremner

To some, Mark Bremner is known as the boss who lets staff at his training business take as many holidays as they want. But to others he’s a builder, a failed barrister, tech nerd, record label founder, fantasy fiction writer and a frustrated rock music merchandiser. He was also once made bankrupt. His journey to […]

Seema Malhotra, Labour’s shadow skills minister

Seema Malhotra claims that if Labour wins power, she will unleash a “skills revolution”. So far, the opposition’s headline post-16 policy offer includes, controversially, replacing the apprenticeship levy, creating newly badged “technical excellence colleges” and a national skills quango. But little is known about the shadow skills minister, appointed by Keir Starmer in September, and […]

Mayoral pledges: Burnham plans ‘halls of apprentice’ for Greater Manchester

We take a look at what England’s newly elected mayors have promised to deliver for regional skills training

Shared apprenticeship scheme barely meets half its recruitment target

Flexible construction apprenticeship starts tumble amid sector-wide recruitment issues

Uni caught short after fast-tracking degree apprenticeship for NHS

Ofsted found some employers’ operational needs for advanced clinical practitioners weren’t being met

Oli de Botton, The Careers & Enterprise Company

A champion of oracy in schools and colleges, Careers & Enterprise Company chief Oli de Botton tells of his battle to improve work experience for young people As well as leading national careers education as chief executive of the Careers & Enterprise Company, Oli de Botton’s work championing oracy skills appears to be paying dividends. […]