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New ESFA apprenticeships director pledges ‘collaboration, communication, and clarity’ with the sector

The Education and Skills Funding Agency’s new director for apprenticeships has pledged more “collaboration, communication, and clarity” as he…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Integrated degree in digital solutions apprenticeship gets stay of execution as wider review gets under way

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is delaying its decision on whether to remove the integrated degree from…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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‘Recognising FE’s role in equipping our key workers’

10 key workers share their experience of working and learning as they kept the UK going during lockdown, in…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Possible stay of execution for Newton Rigg College

A land-based college facing closure could retain its educational purpose after the government agreed to conduct a review of…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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ESFA launch second round of supplier relief to run July to October

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has today launched its second Covid-19 provider relief scheme. FE providers can now…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked

The shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey has been sacked by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. A spokesperson for Starmer…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Pearson unveils 2020 BTEC award winners in its first ever online awards ceremony

The winners of Pearson’s tenth annual BTEC Awards are being announced in a ceremony this afternoon which is taking…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Apprenticeship starts continue to plummet since lockdown, new data reveals

Apprenticeship starts have dropped by almost half since lockdown compared to the same period last year, according to new…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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College to axe 107 jobs after ‘short-sighted’ DfE rejects Covid support plea

A college in Yorkshire is to make over 100 staff redundant and its principal has branded the government “short-sighted”…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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College sector could lose £2bn out of £7bn next year, claims AoC boss

Total income across colleges in England could fall by £2 billion next year as the “enormous impact” of Covid-19…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Social Mobility Commission finds apprenticeship system ‘failing’ young disadvantaged people

The apprenticeships system is “failing” young disadvantaged people and needs “decisive” government action to stop it from becoming worse,…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Cross-party group of MPs urge education secretary to include 16-19s in £1bn Covid catch-up plan

A cross-party group of MPs has written to Gavin Williamson today urging him “to extend eligibility for the Covid…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu

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Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
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Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
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Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

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Young people

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

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Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

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Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

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