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📖 Publication Update 📢📢 We're please to share Director of Studies and Professor Education at ICEL, Professor Robin Simmons latest paper entitled 'A Private Function: Independent Providers of Vocational Education and Training in Post-War England' Read Professor Simmons work here: https://lnkd.in/e6vSGWw5 📖Abstract📖 This paper focuses on independent training providers (ITPs) – in other words, private companies – as suppliers of vocational education and training in post-war England. Whilst acknowledging the central role of further education (FE) colleges in delivering vocational learning, it draws attention to a large, diverse sector of ITPs operating alongside FE colleges, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s. Data suggest that around 15–20% of vocational learners were enrolled as fee-paying customers with private providers at that time – a figure broadly similar to today. There are, it is argued, three related reasons for this. First, the post-war policy environment, and the varied and uneven nature of colleges at that time, allowed significant room for ITPs to operate as alternative providers of vocational education. Second, the far-reaching ‘efficiency’ gains required since FE colleges left local authority control have largely attenuated the space in which ITPs previously operated. Third, neoliberal assumptions about the superiority of private enterprise mean that ITPs now receive significant funding from the state, largely to deliver Apprenticeships and other programmes of work-related learning – which has, somewhat perversely, reduced the incentive for them to act as bone fide commercial providers of a broader range of vocational learning.

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Excellent article differentiating between vocational education and training, advocating for a nuanced policy approach that balances stable foundational learning with agile skill development. This distinction, coupled with proposals for integrated funding streams and flexible apprenticeship models, presents a visionary framework for a responsive and future-proof skills system that can effectively address the projected workforce needs and economic challenges facing the UK.

Great article, that highlights the urgent need to differentiate vocational education from vocational training to better equip both young learners and the existing workforce for a rapidly changing economy. #skills #apprenticeships

Budget 2024 will maintain Alberta’s position as Canada’s economic engine and the best province to pursue post-secondary education. Key strategic capital investments will build and upgrade learning facilities across our province. By increasing system capacity and creating modern learning environments, these capital projects will help graduates boost our economic momentum. Skilled trades are in high-demand and apprenticeship numbers are on the rise. Budget 2024 will see Alberta add 3,000 new apprenticeship seats with an additional investment of $24 million per year through the apprenticeship learning grant. Providing health care to Albertans is a top priority for our government. Through Budget 2024 Advanced Education is taking action to address the shortage of rural medical specialists with increased support for Alberta’s medical schools. Budget 2024 is a blueprint for success with investments that will ensure our students have the skills to succeed in the economy of tomorrow.

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Independent Training Provider woes continue. So it looks like the government are going to find some cash to cushion the blow of the recently announced NI employer increases in schools and colleges; "The Treasury has said that the Department for Education will get some extra money to help schools and colleges towards these costs" - FE Week. So once again, no recognition for the Independent Training Provider who works in the Apprenticeship / post-16 space...who will just have to pay up and cut their cloth accordingly in a world where funding doesn't keep place with inflation. When will there be government recognition for the amazing work that ITP's undertake, especially considering they don't receive hardly any of the 'perks' that are routinely passed to colleges such as capital funding. I for one applaud the work of ITP's and hopefully - one day - there will be a government that is equally as appreciative.