GCSEs and A-levels, diplomas, apprenticeships - it's all happening in education, isn't it? Sometimes it can feel like too much is happening: extended services; changes to the curriculum; proposals to place the duty to co-operate on schools and FE colleges; an Education and Skills Bill that raises the age of participation in education or training to 18; and a transformation of the vocational route of study through the new diplomas as well as an expanded programme of apprenticeships.
Are we talking about learning or about skills? We're talking about preparation for work, the latest development of which is the Draft Apprenticeships Bill, which brings forward proposals published earlier this year in the government's strategy for the future of apprenticeships in England. The apprenticeships programme is a vital part of the measures currently going through Parliament that will ensure all 16- and 17-year-olds are in education or training by 2015.
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