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Entire campuses will close for November GCSE resits, AoC warns

Colleges in high and very high Covid-19 risk areas will be forced to close entire campuses to cater for...

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End-point assessments could be scrapped for up to 30 apprenticeships

End-point assessments for around 30 apprenticeship standards could be scrapped under new plans announced today. The Institute for Apprenticeships...

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Revealed: Government appoints two new board members at apprenticeships quango

Two new members have been appointed to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s (IfATE) board. John Cope and...

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Apprentices to be given functional skills reprieve after being ‘stuck in limbo’

A flexibility that allows apprentices to take their end-point assessment before their functional skills exam is set to be...

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Government mass survey of employers finds training fallen to lowest level since 2011

The proportion of staff being trained has dropped to its lowest level since 2011, according to the government’s latest...

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£100m pilot integrated into £2.5bn National Skills Fund

The government’s national retraining scheme pilot has been rolled into the national skills fund, Gillian Keegan announced today. In...

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Confirmed: Most GCSE and A-level exams pushed back three weeks

Students will still sit one GCSE English and one GCSE maths exam before the summer half term next year,...

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Covid-19 forecasting app for colleges launched

A new app that forecasts the spread of Covid-19 in colleges has been launched. Developed by the University of...

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Covid blamed as targets revised at flagship Institutes of Technology

Covid is being blamed for recruitment concerns at the government’s new flagship Institutes of Technology (IoT), FE Week can...

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