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WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence project aims to support 1,000 lecturers

The organisation behind the UK’s performance in international skills competitions is launching the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence project…

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Who’s who? Your guide to the new ministerial line-up at the DfE

The remits of the new ministerial team at the Department for Education have been confirmed following Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit…

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Billy Camden
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ESFA announce date for full rollout of digital apprenticeship system

All apprenticeship starts will be managed through the government’s digital apprenticeship service from 1 November 2020, the Education and…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Catholic sixth form in need of partner to survive, claims FE Commissioner

A Blackburn-based catholic sixth form college is no longer “sustainable” due to falling student numbers, the FE commissioner has…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Government praise for ‘new and enthusiastic’ staff at council-run grade four provider

An FE Commissioner report published today praised a council’s response to a grade four from Ofsted, after the result…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Funding rates could be slashed by over 40% in apprenticeship shake-up

Funding rates for some apprenticeship standards could be cut by almost half under new proposals being put forward by…

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Minister takes the wheel at HS2 college ‘in light of the severity of financial situation’

A National College surviving on government bailouts has been placed in supervised status after the FE Commissioner found it…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted verdict: HS2 college left employers to deliver training and failed to protect students from harassment

The grade four Ofsted report a National College went to the High Court to suppress has been published this…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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#BackABid: Momentum building for campaign to bring WorldSkills to UK

Momentum is building behind FE Week’s rally of support for holding the WorldSkills competition in the UK, after a…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted watch: Fourth sixth form college makes it to ‘outstanding’ this year

Another sixth form college has received a grade one, making it the fourth such provider to receive the coveted…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofqual orders exam boards to publish qualification costs

Exam boards will be required to publish the costs of qualifications on their websites to “create a more level…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Provider pulls out of apprenticeships after second Ofsted mauling

The training arm of an engineering trade association has pulled out of apprenticeships in England after it was slammed…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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