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AAC Apprenticeship Awards launched by FE Week and AELP

FE Week and AELP are proud to announce the launch of the inaugural AAC Apprenticeship Awards, which will be…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Third of employers unaware of off-the-job rule

The government should make sure employers are aware of the 20-per-cent off the job training rule, sector figures have…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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National Union of Students launches campaign to tackle ‘problem’ of poor FE transport

The National Union of Students is campaigning for free or subsidised travel for FE learners to tackle the “huge…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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‘Postponed’ non-levy tender results imminent

The results of the second attempted tender for funding apprenticeships with small employers (non-levy) are expected imminently, FE Week…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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CITB retains ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating

The Construction Industry Training Board has held onto its ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted, in a report due to be…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Revealed: 3 million apprenticeship target slipping away

The government’s commitment to three million apprenticeship starts by 2020 is increasingly out of reach, exclusive FE Week analysis…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke


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Learndirect’s apprenticeship achievement rates continue to fall, says Ofsted

Learndirect’s apprenticeship achievement rates have continued to fall, Ofsted has found in its first monitoring visit to the provider…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Baker clause: Schools obliged to let FE providers talk to pupils from January

The Baker clause, which forces schools to open their doors to FE providers to let them advertise their services…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Budget 2017: Inflation-busting apprentice minimum wage rise

The national minimum wage for apprentices will rise again in April, from £3.50 to £3.70 per hour, the chancellor…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Budget 2017: £8.5m to explore new maths resit approaches

The government has set aside £8.5 million to pilot “innovative approaches” to improving its controversial GCSE maths resit policy….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Budget 2017: Extra £20m for colleges to prepare for T-levels

The government will invest an extra £20 million to help colleges prepare for the introduction of T-levels, the chancellor…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Budget 2017: Colleges to get level three maths funding boost

Colleges will get £600 for every extra student who studies maths at level three under a proposal due to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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