Kerry hails from sunny Los Angeles, Calif., and is as comfortable on the sand as she is on the hardwood. “There’s a likelihood that students will have to travel further to find the courses they need, there will be less choice and possibly those learners who are furthest from the job market will not have as much support as they had in the past,” he said.Ī spokesman for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said the apprenticeship levy and advanced leaner loans allowed colleges to develop sustainable business models with less reliance on government funding.Kerry Hance, a senior on the Michigan volleyball team at the start of the 2008 season, has been a defensive specialist and part-time libero for three seasons. Martin Doel, chief executive of the Association of Colleges, fears the government’s review may reduce significantly the number of colleges in England over the next five years. FE colleges actually allow people to do so.” “We’re saying as a country that we want people to be able to switch jobs and learn new skills and take up opportunities. “Many are catching up, in the sense that the education they received in the first place was not up to scratch. “There are four million people going through further education and adult learning at any one time,” he said. Funding for adult skills that are not apprenticeships fell by 28% in 2015 alone.
“It means you don’t learn the skills you used to learn.”ĭavid Blunkett, who studied for his O-levels at evening classes at Shrewsbury Technical College before going to university, entering politics and eventually becoming a cabinet minister, said adult education had been hard hit. When we were told to bone out a dover sole, we’d bone out a dover sole. “When we were at college we learned everything – the theory and the practical, you learned about the skills of the kitchen, the history of food, where stuff came from. He fears cuts are undermining teaching quality.
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TV chef Ainsley Harriott said that the training he received set him up for a successful career. Apprenticeships are the real nitty-gritty way of creating an efficient, skilful and vibrant workforce.” He taught me skills I still use now: I can put things together and use my imagination.
When I was an apprentice plater I was put under the wing of a great tradesman called Alan Lacey. “Although I didn’t pursue that career, it had a beneficial effect on me, in terms of learning about perseverance. Vocational routes, along with the arts, are undervalued and underfunded, he added. But students starting out today face a more precarious funding environment, he said, and many are automatically steered towards traditional academic subjects, even if they have other talents. I wanted to be a part of it.”Įncouraged by his drama teacher and with a scholarship from Sheffield council, he went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. But when I saw the other students discussing plays and looking very excited and flamboyant and different, I was attracted to that. “I really got my money’s worth from colleges in Sheffield and Rotherham because I kept dropping out and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do at first, like a lot of teenagers. Maybe I wouldn’t have had those opportunities today.”īean left school to become an apprentice in the steel works, but switched to art and later drama – after being inspired by other students. “People had faith in me and I had great teachers and everything seemed to be geared up for the pursuit of excellence in whatever field that was. “I despair at the political and education situation now,” he said. Speaking to the Observer, Bean said many of the opportunities he benefited from as a student are not open to today’s young people. It is feared that as many as 50 of England’s 335 colleges could disappear. Although further education escaped additional cuts in the spending review, the financial situation is bleak and the government is now looking at reducing the number of colleges. The actor, who trained in further education before going on to star in Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, is today calling for better protection for colleges such as that in Rotherham.įunding for further education (FE) colleges has been reduced by 14% over the past five years, forcing principals to increase class sizes and cut courses. It was after peeking into a drama class at Rotherham College of Arts and Technology that Sean Bean, then a welding apprentice on day release, was drawn to the arts.
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