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FE minister writes to colleges about COVID-19 response

This evening the apprenticeships and skills minister, Gillian Keegan, wrote to all FE and sixth form colleges in England....

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Cashing in on MBA apprentices: CMI income rockets as CEO pockets £66,500 bonus

It is boom time at the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), a charity with a turnover last year of £15...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

My notes ahead of select committee session on the apprenticeship levy

The education select committee held their first session yesterday with what it called a “discussion around the complexity of...

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NICK LINFORD
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Revealed: DfE finds small employers now account for just 27% of apprenticeship starts

The Department for Education has this morning published “analysis looking at the impact of the introduction of the apprenticeship...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Profiles

Profile: Gillian Keegan

Apprenticeships and skills minister and Chichester MP Gillian Keegan could be a win-win for the Conservative Party. She hails...

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Nick Linford
News

MBA apprenticeship faces cull as Williamson ‘unconvinced’

The education secretary has demanded a review into the controversial MBA apprenticeship “to safeguard the integrity of the apprenticeship...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

New Boris adviser would ‘take a flamethrower’ to adult education policy

Professor Alison Wolf is now working three days a week advising Number 10 on FE policy ahead of the...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Apprenticeship starts nosedive 18 percent in November

The number of apprenticeship starts in England crashed by nearly 20 percent in November, according to government figures published...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Johnson government a thumbs up for FE investment but sad to lose Marsden and Milton

The huge 80 seat majority and return of the Conservative Party to government now puts the spotlight on Boris...

Nick Linford
NICK LINFORD