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Apprenticeships - what do young people think?

By , Tuesday 28 April 2015

With the General Election rapidly approaching, there is more discussion than ever on further education and various pledges from the main political parties on Apprenticeships. We wanted to find out what young people around the country think of their post-school options as they prepare to cast their vote, which will be the first time for many of them.

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An update on adult skills funding in 2015-16

By David Grailey, Chief Executive, Wednesday 22 April 2015

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The cuts to funding for adult skills in 2015-16 have been widely documented in the last month as the Association of Colleges warns that up to 190,000 adult education places will be lost next year. However, the government has stated that although overall funding is being cut, high quality apprenticeships and English and maths are being prioritised to ensure that learners are literate and numerate, with vocational qualifications of prestige.  At NCFE, we have been working hard to ensure that our popular and valued vocational qualifications have their funding protected and we’re pleased to say that we now have almost 100 funded qualifications available for 15-16 with further qualifications pending approval. These qualifications include courses within Health and Social Care such as Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Dementia Care, Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of the Prevention and Control of Infection in Health Care Settings, as well as substantial qualifications such as Level 1, 2 and 3 Diplomas in Entry to the Uniformed Services and many more.

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General Election - what's in it for schools?

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Wednesday 22 April 2015

Andrew Gladstone-Heighton

Over the last few weeks the manifestos for the UK national parties have all been released. So we wanted to give you a round-up of the key points potentially impacting schools and secondary education. Of course this is just a snapshot and with many pundits saying that this election is going to close, (some commentators stating a 91% chance of a hung parliament at present) coalition (or supply and confidence) relationships between parties could be highly likely which means many of the points outlines below could be up for negotiation. Conservatives

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Teaching 'character'

By , Tuesday 21 April 2015

The idea of teaching ‘character’ to schoolchildren has gained more and more traction of late, with advocates highlighting the importance of making sure pupils leave school with certain traits and behaviours such as confidence and optimism, drive and ambition, resilience and grit, tolerance and respect, and curiosity and focus. We at NCFE believe that children need more than just good grades to succeed. We’ve seen first-hand the benefits of ensuring children develop character traits, attributes and behaviours that will set them up for success in education and work, as opposed to only focusing on the academic side of things.

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Supporting Year 11 achievement

By Kevin Gill, Marketing Projects Leader, Tuesday 21 April 2015

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To have performance points all qualifications must have external assessment…right? Well not quite. Did you know that we also offer a small number of existing non V Cert Level 1 qualifications that are 100% portfolio based? This means that for this year’s Year 11 pupils there is still time to deliver these qualifications for the 2015 performance tables.

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