Will Foundation Apprenticeships change the NEET figures? | FE Soundbite 765
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 765: September 28th, 2024. Will Foundation Apprenticeships change the NEET figures? What can we learn from the last time we…
Skills England
What is Skills England?
Skills England is a key post 16 skills strategy from the Labour Party and is a part of their Election Manifesto pledge.
Post‐16 education strategy and Skills England
In their election manifesto, the Labour party said: We will establish Skills England to bring together business, training providers and unions with national and local government to ensure we have the highly trained workforce needed to deliver Labour’s Industrial Strategy.
Skills England will formally work with the Migration Advisory Committee to make sure training in England accounts for the overall needs of the labour market. And we are committed to devolving adult skills funding to Combined Authorities, empowering local leaders to have greater control of skills development in their areas, alongside a greater role in supporting people into work. Skills England will co-ordinate between local areas to ensure everyone can access all the opportunities available.
Retrogression or Progression in Policy on Apprenticeships?
I have only just had time to reflect fully on my brilliant experience of the WorldSkills Competition 2024 in Lyon at which colleagues both domestic…
Does Skills England have what it takes to close the skills gap?
We have been told that the Department for Education/Skills England are in listening mode, so now is the time for Awarding Organisations/EPAOs, providers, employers and…
Keir Starmer announces new Foundation Apprenticeship at the Labour Party Conference
New foundation apprenticeships announced by the Prime Minister Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced new Apprenticeship reforms at the Labour Party Conference. With new…
Skills England must have one priority – making skills work for productivity growth
Since the announcement in the King’s speech of a new skills body for England there has been much speculation, not least on this platform, about…
Government has “once in a generation” opportunity to fix skills, productivity and growth, says new report
Leading skills development organisation, City & Guilds, and the Lifelong Education Institute, are calling on government and Skills England, the new policy body for skills,…
With the right approach, Skills England can shift the dial on closing skills gaps
BusinessLDN’s Policy Delivery Director Mark Hilton looks at how the collaborative process for developing local skills improvement plans can set a precedent for the new…
Are FE and Skills falling through the cracks in Labour? FE Soundbite Edition 762
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 762, September 7th, 2024. Are FE and Skills falling through the cracks in Labour? Have you noticed that FE and…
A new government brings about an opportunity to get the skills system right
A new government brings about an opportunity to get the skills system right Two months into the formation of an incoming government, there are three…
Top 3 Thought Leaders of August 2024
Each month we find our Top Three most popular exclusive thought leadership articles on FE News. Congrats to all of our thought leaders who have…