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Emergency 'Summer' Budget - What's the outcome for education?

By Michael Lemin, Policy and Research Manager, Friday 10 July 2015

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The government’s Emergency ‘Summer’ Budget was announced this week; the first Conservative-only budget since 1996. The key announcement for education and skills was that the government’s target of 3 million apprenticeships by 2020 will be funded through a levy on employers. The levy will support all post-16 apprenticeships. This is likely to incentivise employers and encourage them to employ more apprentices. There are a plethora of advantages to businesses hiring apprentices and it’s good to see that employers are being encouraged to include apprenticeships in their business plans.

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Funding in the Further Education sector - What's happening?

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Thursday 02 July 2015

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The sector seems to be holding its breath in anticipation of George Osborne’s ‘Emergency’ Budget, due to take place on the 8 July. It will come as no surprise that this budget will set out additional cuts across Government departments, with Further Education and Skills in line for greater restrictions on spending.

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Meet the Minister: our round-up of the latest FE Week event in Parliament

By Paul Turner, Futures Leader, Monday 29 June 2015

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At NCFE, we’re always on the pulse with policy, funding, and everything else affecting the education sector. I recently attended the Meet the Minister event, hosted by FE Week, where Shadow Minister for Young People John Woodcock debated the FE sector, the growth of Apprenticeships, and other hot topics in the world of education.

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A teenager’s view of careers guidance in schools

By Sophie Ridley, Work Experience Student, Friday 26 June 2015

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Since beginning my GCSEs in Year 10 at secondary school, I’ve been focusing on where I want to be and what I want to do when I leave school. I’m currently in sixth form now and have a lot of options ahead of me. At school, we needed something to work towards; a goal. With the help of certain partners, my school’s attempt in guiding us in the right direction didn’t go down as a success in my opinion.

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Policy Corner - 19 June 2015

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Friday 19 June 2015

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Don’t cut allocations to meet savings target, pleads sector (p2) – according to Treasury announcements, both the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills are facing a £450m cut this financial year, with FE and Skills earmarked for specific savings. A BIS spokesperson stated that they’d be "asking the SFA for advice on how savings can best be achieved in line with ministers’ priorities around Apprenticeships and priority FE participation funding…and whilst safeguarding the resilience of the sector."

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