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17 December 2013
The government has scrapped a loan scheme for older apprentices after it failed to attract anywhere near the number of people the government hoped. Vince Cable…
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16 December 2013
The vice-president of 51¸£Àû, John McCormack, died on Friday night after a short illness. The union said John was a wonderful, principled man steeped in the trade…
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13 December 2013
51¸£Àû today called on the government to axe its failed experiment to make people aged 24 and above pay to study for an apprenticeship. Earlier this year the government…
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3 December 2013
51¸£Àû said today that strikes by staff in colleges and universities had seen some institutions closed, key learning facilities shut, hundreds of classes cancelled,…
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29 November 2013
Universities and colleges will be hit with the most widespread disruption for years on Tuesday as staff walk out in a row over pay. Classes will be cancelled in…
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20 November 2013
Members of 51¸£Àû working in further education colleges in England will join their colleagues in universities on strike on Tuesday 3 December, the union said today.…
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12 November 2013
51¸£Àû today backed Ed Miliband's proposal that companies should only be able to secure large government contracts if they agree to create an apprenticeship programme.…
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23 October 2013
Too many prisoners spend too long in their cells with nothing constructive to do, warned the chief inspector of prisons today. 51¸£Àû said that a more thoughtful approach…
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22 October 2013
Commenting on polling commissioned by the TES that has found only a quarter of young people were told about apprenticeships in their career lessons at school, 51¸£Àû…
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17 October 2013
51¸£Àû today welcomed calls from Alan Milburn, Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, to help the poorest families in society. The union said the…
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