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Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham says apprenticeships ‘central’ to campaign

Andy Burnham has said apprenticeships and technical education are central to his bid to become the next Labour leader....

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Lord Baker’s UTC project celebrates first outstanding from Ofsted as inspectors heap praise on Reading

Former Education Secretary Lord Baker is celebrating the first outstanding grade from Ofsted for his university technical college (UTC)...

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‘Don’t prepare for new inspections’, Ofsted boss Lorna Fitzjohn tells FE providers

Colleges which are good at “what they do on a daily basis” should not prepare for inspection under Ofsted’s...

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Qualifications could be withdrawn under Ofqual’s plan to close shared ‘unit bank’

Awarding organisations could be forced to withdraw qualifications with units shared with other bodies after Ofqual announced plans to...

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Nick Boles faces education grilling from MPs

Skills Minister Nick Boles has reiterated his commitment to make it illegal to misuse the word “apprenticeships”. Mr Boles,...

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Enterprise bill to protect term ‘apprenticeship’ and force public bodies to recruit

Apprenticeships will be given the same legal protection as degrees, allowing a clampdown on firms which misuse the term,...

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UTCs team to ‘work with’ Boles on programme

The organisation behind Lord Baker’s university technical colleges (UTCs) has said it will be “working with” Skills Minister Nick...

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Apprentice recruitment halted over funding delay

Providers hit with an unexpected and “agonising wait” to find out if they will be paid for apprenticeships and...

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Is England set to go Dutch on skills system?

Super colleges and beefed-up sector skills councils could be on the horizon — if Skills Minister Nick Boles’s hopes...

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