CONCERNS have been raised about plans that could see the majority of Oxfordshire’s adult learning service privatised http://ping.fm/549Nl

Network Rail: Last few apprentice places up for grabs http://ping.fm/ntRP1

Costa coffee is offering unemployed youngsters an employment lifeline by opening the UK’s first Costa Academy in the city http://ping.fm/v4Ooz

Funding rates for functional skills in 2013/14 announced http://ping.fm/tO4aj

Figures show continued rise in #apprenticeships#
But teenage NEETs also hit new high
http://ping.fm/0h6IH

Middlesbrough College becames the UK’s first official Digital Youth Academy partnership.
http://ping.fm/KraVa

National Centre for Vocational Education 2011, a record high of 48% of apprentices dropped out before they completed their training.http://www.manufacturelink.com.au/news/view/encouraging-apprenticeship-completion-11123.aspx

Skills Funding Agency Accounts 2011-12
http://ping.fm/Atslj

The Apprenticeship Quality Statement sets out the standards NAS expects for the delivery of a high quality Apprenticeship. http://ping.fm/FYGdS

With the Government trying to encourage apprenticeship in UK industry, Mr Luff visited GE to meet young trainees. http://ping.fm/9RHtv