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AELP questions sense of GCSE maths and English resits after fall in pass rate for 17-year-olds

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has questioned the sense of forcing resits on learners who fail...

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Number of young people not in education, employment or training falls again

Latest official statistics have shown the proportion of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) in the...

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Opinion

Qualifications moratorium will undermine confidence in system

Managing director of NOCN, Graham Hasting-Evans, explains why he thinks a fast-approaching government moratorium on approving qualifications will damage...

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News

Charity wants employers that train young care leavers to get higher returns from apprenticeship levy

A charity has called for employers that train young care leavers to receive a larger financial return on planned...

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Young benefits claimants who can’t find work will be forced onto apprenticeships or traineeships

The government’s new Earn or Learn Taskforce will oversee plans to force young benefits claimants onto apprenticeships or traineeships...

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News

Ten new Careers Colleges set to open at existing FE colleges

Six FE colleges are preparing to open 10 new Careers Colleges over the next two academic years, with the...

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News

Day 2 WorldSkills | TeamUK competitor’s shipments of Brazilian plaster and months of training in attempt for gold

Some ingenious thinking about the difference between British and Brazilian plaster could lead TeamUK competitor Robert Johnson to gold....

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News

SFA moratorium on approval of new qualifications will ’cause havoc’ warns sector chief

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will enforce a “moratorium” on the approval of qualifications until plans to “simplify and...

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National training provider and major retailer both ‘inadequate’ says Ofsted

A national training provider has plummeted from an Ofsted outstanding rating to inadequate, while employer provider Next has also been...

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