The government has launched what’s described as a ‘landmark programme’ to get young people into the workforce. At the end of last week, it announced its ‘Youth Guarantee’ scheme that will match young people to job or training opportunities and will provide all-important foundations for the national roll-out of the programme, ensuring all 18- to … Continue reading A ‘landmark programme’ for NEETs and apprentices or just smoke and mirrors?
Tag: Apprenticeships
Making Further Education fit for the Future?
The Parliamentary Education Committee has set up an enquiry - Making Further Education fit for the Future? https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/3576/ Any enquiry into this forgotten sector is to be welcome, but its title is rather a misnomer - it isn’t really a enquiry about FE at all. As its subtitle and the initial terms of reference for … Continue reading Making Further Education fit for the Future?
Goodbye to the Institute of Apprenticeships… Hello to Skills England
The new Labour government is abolishing the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) – rather it will be subsumed into a new body called Skills England. Created in 2017 to revamp the UKs ailing apprenticeship system, its remit was widened to include responsibility for the new T-level qualifications, to be delivered as full-time courses, … Continue reading Goodbye to the Institute of Apprenticeships… Hello to Skills England
‘End Micky Mouse degrees. Create 100,000 apprenticeships instead’ (Sunak’s latest election gimmick)
As far back as 2015, in the wake of Tony Blair and New Labour’s push to make university attendance the norm for school leavers, David Cameron’s promised 300,000 more apprenticeships as an alternative . The Tories have been rattling on about this ever since, without much idea of what it really means. Let alone how … Continue reading ‘End Micky Mouse degrees. Create 100,000 apprenticeships instead’ (Sunak’s latest election gimmick)
Apprenticeship numbers are falling not rising
The Guardian (01/12/14) has carried a story about apprenticeships going to workers over 25 rather than to young people and claiming that 350 000 of the UK’s 851 000 apprentices are 25+ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/30/hundreds-thousands-apprentices-in-uk-paid-little-2-73 Although large numbers of existing employees are still being reclassified as ‘apprentices’ this report is only partially correct. You get a more accurate indication of … Continue reading Apprenticeship numbers are falling not rising
Higher Level Apprenticeships aren’t all they’re cracked up to be,
Martin Allen and Patrick Ainley Written for The Guardian's Higher Education Network Higher Level Apprenticeships aren’t all they’re cracked up to be and progression from the lower level apprenticeships is particularly limited – despite reports to the contrary. HLAs are relatively new, designed in 2011 as equivalent to an undergraduate degree with a £25 million initial … Continue reading Higher Level Apprenticeships aren’t all they’re cracked up to be,
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