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IfATE boss: Business admin level 2 ‘undermines’ efforts to create ‘well-regarded’ programme

The chief executive of the government’s apprenticeship quango has defended the decision to reject a business administration standard at…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted plans to withhold inspection reports until complaints are resolved

Ofsted will withhold publication of inspection reports until it has resolved complaints about them under a new redress system…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Further calls to target apprenticeship funding at the industrial strategy

Apprenticeship funding should be targeted at skills which fit the UK’s industrial strategy to combat growing pressures on the…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted boss ‘concerned’ young people losing out as employers cash in on higher apprenticeships

Ofsted’s chief inspector is “concerned” that the rise in higher level apprenticeships is “partly” to blame for the decline…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Restrict access to degree apprenticeship funding for adults, says shadow skills minister

Degree apprenticeships should only be fully-funded for people aged under 25, those without a first degree and in sectors…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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City & Guilds reports 17.8m UK workers have outdated skills

A third of UK workers have not received any workplace training in the last five years, according to a…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


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Lack of levy funding for small employers debated in Parliament

A chair of a leading small business lobbying organisation has thrown cold water on hopes of a boost for…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Over 1,200 to attend Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2020

Anticipation is building ahead of the sixth Annual Apprenticeship Conference, which is now set to feature the first public…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted watch: 10 providers achieve ‘good’ results

Ten FE providers were awarded grade twos from Ofsted in a good week for the sector. However, the college…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Apprenticeship subcontracts halved since 2017 levy launch

Apprenticeship subcontracting has more than halved since the introduction of the levy in April 2017, new FE Week analysis…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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DfE U-turns on loans write-off for learners

The government has agreed to write off the loans for another group of learners left with no qualifications after…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Ofsted struck fee deal to end legal challenge

Ofsted struck a deal to pay their own legal fees in return for the college for HS2 dropping their…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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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
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor