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DfE sets out plans to allow disappointed exam students to use ‘valid mock grades’`

Students will be given the choice of receiving a “valid mock grade” instead of their standardised centre-assessment grade under…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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University picked as preferred bidder to take over HS2 college at risk of insolvency

The national college for High Speed 2 looks set to be taken over by a university as part of…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Exams 2020: Ofqual confirms final appeals process for GCSEs and A-levels

Schools and colleges will be able to appeal against GCSE and A-level results if they feel data used to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Rule change restricting use of 16-19 tuition fund branded ‘bureaucratic madness’

An “unwelcome” change to the rules for the government’s 16 to 19 tuition fund which restricts the learners the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Confirmed: Exams watchdog to takeover apprenticeship assessment quality checks

Exams watchdog Ofqual is to take the lead in a  “new simplified external quality assurance (EQA) system” for apprenticeships…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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The Skills Network’s Free LMS To Accelerate Providers’ Online Delivery

Leading online learning provider, The Skills Network (TSN), has today announced that it will permanently offer its learning platform…

The Skills Network
The Skills Network


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Colleges in administration miss third transfer date as accountants continue to rack up fees

The only FE colleges in administration, Hadlow College and West Kent College, continue to be owned and run by…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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DfE launches new matching and redundancy support service for apprentices

A new service that allows employers to share their vacancies with redundant apprentices has been launched by the Department…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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ESFA scraps minimum duration repeat rule for returning apprentices

A minimum duration rule that was preventing some people from returning to and finishing an apprenticeship will be scrapped…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Adult education charity to close despite plans for a rescue deal

A long-running adult education charity in Brighton is to close with the loss of almost 50 jobs tomorrow after…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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ESFA scraps provider achievement rate reports

Colleges and training providers will not have access to qualification achievement rate (QAR) reports to use internally for 2019/20,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Monthly apprenticeships update: May starts fall 60%

Apprenticeship starts for the month of May 2020 fell 60 per cent on the previous year, figures published this…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

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

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

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NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

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Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

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Josh Mellor