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Coming to America

By Simon Ashworth, Chief Policy Officer at AELP, Friday 24 November 2017

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President Trump wants 5 million apprenticeships in the USA by 2020. A trailblazer delegation from the UK visited Washington DC in November this year to find out more and here, Simon Ashworth, Chief Policy Officer at AELP, shares his thoughts and findings on the current approach and future plans for apprenticeships in the USA. I always like to get my thoughts down whilst they are nice and fresh in my mind, so I pen this blog in the back of a taxi on the way from Downtown Washington DC back to Dulles International Airport, before hitting the ‘red-eye’ flight back to Heathrow. Washington is a great city with welcoming people, and I was lucky enough to be on a great delegation party with fifteen senior colleagues from the sector. I’ve not even got back to the UK yet and I’ve already had a plethora of questions about the apprenticeship opportunities in the USA! Is the USA really the ‘land of opportunity’ for providers?

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Did my wishes come true?

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Thursday 23 November 2017

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The Chancellor set out his budget that would invest in skills and employment – as well as setting out his vision for the future economy.   There were a number of measures outlined for Education and Skills, so let’s see how they stack up against my pre-budget wish list:

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Our plan of action for 2020

By Esme Winch, Managing Director, Thursday 16 November 2017

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As you’ll be aware, we’ve been waiting for further information from the Department for Education (DfE) regarding technical guidance and the submission windows for qualifications in the 2020 performance tables. We’re committed to transparency and honesty and, in light of new information, we’d like to share with you our plans to get ready for 2020. What the DfE have said

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An insight into education

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Wednesday 15 November 2017

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Education Secretary, Justine Greening, recently made her first appearance in front of the Education Select Committee, chaired by one of her former junior ministers, Rob Halfon. Beyond the value of this meeting of minds to policy nerds like myself, it gave us a chance to know Greenings’ mind, and her thoughts of how she feels education is faring on her watch. Quotes are taken directly from the transcript released following the event. What did we learn?

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A Budget wish list for technical education

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Wednesday 15 November 2017

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At this critical moment, with so much uncertainty about the future economic and employment prospects of the United Kingdom, we need significant and long term investment commitments across all levels of education and skills policy. More specifically, here’s my 5 point wish list for the Chancellor: To the Chancellor,

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