News

Ofsted publishes first 10 ‘interim visit’ letters for FE providers

Ofsted has this morning published the letters from its first 10 “interim visits” of FE providers that are taking...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Management clear-out planned for college running on emergency cash

A college surviving on bailout funding is seeking to balance the books with a management clear-out. Twenty managers who...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Coronavirus: College announces two week ‘circuit breaker’

A college has announced plans to close its campus for a two week “circuit breaker” to combat rising coronavirus...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Warning that massive competition for limited traineeship funding will repeat controversial non-levy tender

The traineeship tender is set to be deluged with “in excess of 3,000 bidders”, with the vast majority likely...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Aligning end-point assessment with existing regulation makes sense

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is right to remove duplication from apprenticeship assessment, writes Iain Mackinnon  Despite...

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Iain Mackinnon 
News

Second wave of Institutes of Technology will feature ‘strengthened’ criteria

New Institutes of Technology (IoTs) will require greater collaboration between colleges and set more ambitious student recruitment targets, FE...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Flagship retraining service scrapped after pilot flopped

A multi-million-pound flagship national retraining service has been scrapped by the Department for Education after several mayors, including London’s,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

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...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

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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Billy Camden