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

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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…

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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,…

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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,…

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76 winners scoop silver Pearson Teaching Awards for 2020

Inspirational teachers from across the country have been honoured today for their outstanding commitment to changing the lives of…

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DfE seizes control of handling school and college covid cases after PHE local teams ‘overwhelmed’

The government has set up a national helpline for colleges to report positive coronavirus cases following some schools being…

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Williamson’s education committee exams hearing: 4 things we learned

The education secretary faced questions about this year’s exams fiasco and the reopening of schools and colleges when he…

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UCU threatens to ‘name and shame’ unsafe colleges

A union has threatened to “name and shame” colleges that are “not doing enough” to keep staff and students…

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Ofsted chief now ‘open to exploring’ direct inspection of all FE subcontractors

For the first time Ofsted is exploring a move to directly inspect all FE subcontractors, something until now it…

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NAO reveal £726m in college bailouts and loans with ‘nearly half’ in intervention

Nearly three-quarters of a billion pounds in public funds has been spent on bailing out and restructuring colleges, while…

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REVEALED: £26.6m cost of Hadlow Group transfer and how five colleges were bailed out to avoid insolvency

The eye-watering £26.6 million cost of the first two education insolvencies, and how five colleges were bailed out by…

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