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Government suggests schools and colleges relax phone bans to allow use of NHS Covid app

The government has suggested that schools and colleges with bans on mobile phones relax their policies in order to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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The Skills Network offer award-winning LMS at no cost

Last month, leading learning technology provider The Skills Network (TSN) announced that it will permanently offer its award-winning learning…

The Skills Network
The Skills Network
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Education sector appears exempt from new Covid restrictions in battle against second wave

No changes have been announced for the FE sector despite a list of new restrictions for England. Prime minister…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Minister’s office breaks apprenticeship recruitment pledge

A pledge to fill all junior roles with apprentices until the end of December has already been broken by…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Apprenticeship provider register closure ‘stalling’ training industry, says former SFA manager

A former Skills Funding Agency manager has accused the government of “stalling” the training industry at a time of…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Revealed: First 20 colleges chosen for the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence

The 20 colleges which will take part in the first year of the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence have…

Simon Kay
Simon Kay


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Membership of AoC’s new steering group to increase the diversity of leadership and governance revealed

The members of the Association of Colleges’ new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) steering group have today been revealed….

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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No mandatory face masks, and 7 other things you need to know about autumn exams

The government has released further guidance on how schools and colleges must prepare for autumn exams to best protect…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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5 things that make a brilliant 16-19 employability programme

We’re keen to work with like minded organisations to help learners boost their skills, confidence and go the distance…

NCFE
NCFE
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Apprentice quality assurance charges to end from October

Controversial £40 charges for the external quality assurance of apprenticeship endpoint-assessment will start being phased out as soon as…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Strip colleges of autonomy to choose course offer, says report

Colleges should be forced to surrender their powers to decide what courses they run to new, local FE directors,…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted wins battle to inspect ALL apprenticeships

Ofsted will soon be handed powers to inspect all universities that offer apprenticeships – including the likes of Cambridge,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel