Apprenticeships - quality vs cost
When we mention apprenticeships, most of us probably think about the traditional 1 or 2 year training programme with some day release at college. That’s changing quickly, and not necessarily for the better.
The National Apprenticeship Service has lots of 12 or 26 week apprenticeships advertised - indeed my own daughter did a 12 week contact centre apprenticeship [...]
Can online careers advice work?
The role of employment advisers is diminishing as web-based services come to the fore, but what about the personal touch?
Margaret-Anne Mackenzie left school in April without any qualifications. “I didn’t get any careers advice at school,” the 16-year-old says. She’s not alone – one in four 15- to 19-year-olds said the same in a survey [...]
Thousands of school leavers applying to join the Army are being rejected because they cannot spell or solve simple English and maths problems
Thousands of school leavers applying to join the Army are being rejected because they cannot spell or solve simple English and maths problems.
Full story from the Daily Mail here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2046995/School-leavers-rejected-Army-spell-simple-sums.html
DfE recommends Functional Skills
Based on level of rigour, assessment arrangements, skills taught and views of employers, the qualifications that we recommend to providers are: functional skills and free standing maths qualifications.
The above comment is taken from the DfE consultation paper about 16-19 study programmes.
The DfE consultation entitled “study programmes for 16-19 year olds” published on [...]
Apprenticeships redefined?
Thanks to the “Big Vocational Debate” for drawing our attention to this piece from This is Money. The great apprentice racket: Some jobs fall short of skills as firms collect millions
Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2044130/Apprentice-jobs-racket-openings-fall-short-firms-collect-millions.html#ixzz1Zi0DaWOk
But it isn’t quite as clear cut as this piece suggests. All apprenticeships frameworks have to include Functional Skills (or Key Skills until Sept [...]
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