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Apprenticeship assessment flexibilities extended

Special measures that have enabled 25,000 apprentices to complete their end-point assessment during the Covid-19 pandemic will be retained...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Revealed: DfE publishes FE Covid guidance for November lockdown

Colleges and training providers should continue to deliver education for 16 to 19-year-olds on site during the new national...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Highbury College appoints permanent chair as merger option explored

A college that has been led by a troubleshooting interim chair for almost a year has appointed a permanent...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Fears growing number of 16-19s will stretch budgets this year

Fears are growing that the government’s FE funding boost for this year will not be sufficient to cover an...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted ‘visits’ to go online during national lockdown

Ofsted has confirmed it will undertake school and FE provider visits “remotely” during the national lockdown. In a Twitter...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

England’s first space apprenticeship set for lift-off

Science minister Amanda Solloway explains why England’s first space engineering apprenticeship is set for launch “Without you Tom, we...

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AMANDA SOLLOWAY
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Devolve greater skills funding powers for Covid-19 recovery, government urged

The government has been urged to devolve more skills funding to mayoral combined authorities to allow them to develop...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Lockdown learners: Could the pandemic lead to a shift in adult participation in learning?

The coronavirus pandemic may have increased the value adults place on learning, for work and their wider lives, writes...

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EMILY JONES
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New Careers and Enterprise Company CEO named

The founder and headteacher of a “nationally recognised” school in east London is the new chief executive of the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden