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ESFA to consult on ‘new’ register of apprenticeship training providers

The government is preparing to launch its consultation on the design and development of the revamped register of apprenticeship…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Urgent levy reform demanded for nursing degree apprenticeships

Nursing degree apprenticeship start targets will be missed without urgent reform to how the apprenticeship levy can be spent,…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Baker clause: providers asked for their experiences

Providers are being asked for their experiences of the controversial Baker clause, amid signs that schools are failing in…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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London mayor to use AEB top-slice to lobby for more powers

A £3 million department created by the Greater London Authority using part of the capital’s adult education budget will…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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London’s largest college group ends UCU strike

Industrial action at the largest college group in London has come to an end after Capital City College Group…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Nursing apprenticeships ‘too expensive’, warning for MPs

Nursing degree apprenticeships are too expensive and fraught with difficulties for widespread roll-out, senior figures from the NHS are…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Demands for fairness after ESFA sets aside £2.6m in Somerset tender

The launch of a £2.6 million tender by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to deliver community learning services…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Ofsted watch: An ‘outstanding’ week for FE and skills

It’s been an ‘outstanding’ week for the FE and skills sector, as a specialist college has received the highest…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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IfA opens applications for its 15 occupational route panels

The Institute for Apprenticeships has begun the recruitment process for membership to its 15 occupational route panels. The groups…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Get ‘faster and better’ at approving apprenticeship standards, skills minister tells IfA

The skills minister has told the Institute for Apprenticeships to get “faster and better” at approving apprenticeship standards. Anne…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Hull College receives £54m bailout amid job strikes

An impoverished college caught in a row over job cuts has received a £54 million bailout. The eye-watering sum…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Seven more days of strikes at Hull College Group

Staff at the Hull College Group will walk out for seven days in June as part of an ongoing…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

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As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

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Billy Camden