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Awarding organisation NCFE purchases Cache

Awarding organisation NCFE has bought the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education (Cache) for an undisclosed sum,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Early years education sector sees latest DfE U-turn on GCSE entry requirement

The government today revealed it had undertaken the latest in a series of early years educator (EYE) U-turns by…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Frustration grows among providers as SFA apprenticeship website remains closed — three days after maintenance

UPDATE AT 8.24AM Friday, July 31: Apprenticeship vacancy matching service up and running (see foot of story) Frustration is…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Employers free to call anything they want an ‘apprenticeship’ — despite government plans for new laws to protect the brand

Employers have escaped the reach of a government clampdown on “misuse” of the word apprenticeship, it has emerged. Companies…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Former Newcastle College student found guilty of plotting campus mass murder

A former Newcastle College learner has been found guilty of plotting mass murder on campus. Liam Lyburd, aged 19, of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Thirty apprentice employers shamed as not even paying £2.73 an-hour

Thirty companies who failed to pay apprentices at least the minimum wage were included in a list of 75 employers…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Further education and skills represented in PM’s trade delegation to Singapore and Malaysia

The UK FE and skills sector is represented in a four-day trade delegation to Singapore and Malaysia led by…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Lib Dems announce education and business appointments

The Liberal Democrats have appointed their new spokespeople for education and business. Southport MP John Pugh will provide the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Court appearance and fine could await providers who run fake apprenticeships

The shame of an appearance at the local Magistrates’ Court along with a fine would be the future for…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Careers guidance issue raised as scorecards to rate councils on tracking young people’s education and employment status welcomed

New scorecards that rate local authorities for their performance in helping young people into employment or training and tracking their…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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AELP urges government to ‘wait three or four years’ before bringing in apprenticeship levy

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has warned the government to hold off introducing its apprenticeship levy…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Lords social mobility committee asks young people to share their experiences of going from education to work

The House of Lords Committee on Social Mobility wants to hear young people’s experiences of moving between school and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

Must read

16-19

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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

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…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

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

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

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

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

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill