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Education ministers back Gove in race to Number 10

The Skills minister, secretary of state for education, and schools minister have today all reportedly backed Michael Gove’s bid…

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Alix Robertson
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Shadow education secretary Pat Glass quits after just two days in post

The shadow education secretary Pat Glass has resigned after just two days in the post. Glass, the MP for…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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AELP Conference: Hottest topic was impact of vote to leave the EU

Key sector figures have urged the government to continue with its apprenticeship reforms following Thursday’s Brexit vote – and…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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AELP Conference: Charter status comes in search of some members

Over half of the delegates at the 2016 Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) conference have voted to…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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AELP Conference: Get your foot in the LEP door

Learning providers should “push their foot through the door” with local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and not be “downhearted”, the…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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AELP Conference: Shadow minister hits back at lack of progress

Shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden has accused the government of wasting three years that should have been better spent…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord


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AELP conference: View from chair and new CEO

Ofsted has been accused of favouring traineeships that concentrate on classroom-based maths and English provision rather than getting young…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Newly appointed shadow education secretary announces intention to stand down at next election

The shadow education secretary Pat Glass has announced her intention to stand down from Parliament at the next election…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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All ‘credible’ apprenticeship and traineeship growth requests granted by SFA

All “credible cases” from the latest round of growth requests for apprenticeships and traineeships have been funded, the Skills…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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‘Morally wrong’ – says former top BIS official over unknown apprenticeship end-point assessments

A former civil servant at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), has challenged the head of the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Director of apprenticeship levy says new provider register will be a level playing field to ‘let the employer choose’

The government’s director of levy implementation has sought to reassure AELP delegates over the new register of apprenticeship providers,…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Union calls for casual staff to be made permanent after two years

Casual staff who have been working at an FE provider for at least two years should be made permanent,…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord

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