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To continue the camping theme from part one in this series, even if you think you have all the equipment and have predicted all the...
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I’m writing this just before heading off on a family camping trip to Yorkshire, which means the house is currently a chaotic blend of optimism,...
There are now 11 applicants for every degree apprenticeship place in England, up from 3 just three years ago, according to government data. That competition...
Every year, apprenticeship providers brace themselves for a new set of funding rules. The annual ritual is familiar: download the document, highlight the changes, update...
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Skills take to the fringe – not Edinburgh, but Brighton – as trade unionists gather for the annual TUC Congress next week. As delegates from…
At a time when scores of teenagers across the country are facing challenging choices about their future, after receiving their GCSE results, expected or otherwise,…
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Adrian Prins, a Union Learning Rep with the Communication Workers Union tells FE News about how he went from poacher to gamekeeper at Chester Royal…
The Employer Responsive Support Manual details changes to the individualised learner record (ILR) for 2008/9 and gives guidance to providers of work based learning programmes…
Even though PLAs have been provento be an effective tool in breaking into employment, participation has decreased considerably. Ways of perhaps increasing participation are as…
From the notes I have put together from the Ofsted report and the initial report on PLAs there appears to be much work to be…
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Government aspirations for a motivated and skilled workforce will fall short without greater employer commitment to training, according to an independent survey commissioned by the …
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