The National Apprenticeship Service is providing up to 40,000 SMEs with a grant to take on an apprentice aged between 16 and 24. The grant has a value of £1500 and SMEs are eligible providing they have never taken on an apprentice before. The £1500 grant is available in addition to the training costs of the [...]
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OBE for Peter Collinge
Liverpool’s Peter Collinge, hairdresser and founder of one of the UK’s most respected hairdressing companies, has been awarded an OBE for services to the hairdressing industry. Peter founded his business over 60 years ago with hair salons and barber shops throughout the northwest in Liverpool, Chester, Manchester and Lancashire. The company’s training side has trained [...]
Academy founder goes “back to the floor”
Michael Heath, founder of Michael John Academy, is going “back to the floor” in Kerrie Harris Hair Salon on Aigburth Road, to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2012. 35 years ago Michael established a training academy to support both young people and their employers entering the hairdressing profession. Much has changed since, however the basics remain [...]
Mode concern over vocational qualification downgrade
Mode Training was dismayed to hear Michael Gove announce the downgrading of thousands of vocational qualifications. To maintain good league table positions, Mode fears schools will be forced to drastically reduce the number of vocational courses they offer, with potentially disastrous consequences for less academic pupils. Vocational qualifications are route to success for many Gove’s [...]
Habia launches skills academy for hair and beauty sector
Habia is to develop a skills academy for the hair and beauty sector, with the support of awarding organisation VTCT. The Habia Skills Academy (HSA), which has been made possible by a contribution from founder sponsor VTCT of a substantial donation over three years, will see the creation of a network of centres of excellence [...]
Quality Improvement Spring 2009 (LSIS journal)
The collaborative work of the MHF is highlighted in the Spring 2009 edition of the LSIS quality review journal Read feature: PRD Quality Improvement Spring 2009
Part time apprenticeships: a risky solution in times of crisis?
Merseyside Hairdressing Forum (MHF) chair, Brian Quinn, is voicing his concerns over a recent rise in the promotion of part-time apprenticeships to employers, carried out by national providers of hairdressing training. Brian, director of Merseyside training provider, tpm recognises it’s getting more difficult to find employers who can afford to recruit apprentices. But he stresses [...]
Industry accolades for tpm graduates
tpm is proud to announce the industry success of two of their graduates: Danielle Barr and Jon Wraight this year. Danielle Barr achieved her NVQ level 2 in hairdressing with tpm back in 2006. She now works as a stylist at Hooka Celebrity Hair Salon. Earlier this year, Danielle won the People’s Choice Award [...]
Habia News Autumn 2011
Feature on MHF and their concern over the quality of part-time apprenticeships Read feature: Habia News Autumn 2011
Habia News Jan 2009
Partnerships for the future: The aims and achievements of the MHF are outlined in a feature in Habia News Read feature: Habia News Jan/Feb 2009