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DfE has finally found an organisation to inspect the quality of unregulated apprenticeships

The government is expected to announce which regulator will inspect the quality of learning for level 6 and 7...

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Increase 16-19 funding by ‘significant amount’, Social Mobility Commission urges

The government should raise the funding rate for 16 to 19-year-olds by a “significant amount” in the upcoming spending...

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Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to rely on public cash, admits DfE

The Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to be reliant on government handouts after ministers dropped their ambition for...

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Plans for PhD-level apprenticeships thrown into doubt

Plans for PhD-level apprenticeships have been thrown into doubt after the Institute for Apprenticeships raised concerns they were not...

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Troubled Hull College Group to de-merge one of three colleges

The cash-strapped Hull College Group is to offload one of its three colleges later this year. Harrogate College, which...

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DfE to review Institute of Technology ‘cold spots’

The government has said it may tender for more Institutes of Technology after FE Week shared concerns that there...

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‘Insufficient’ Ofsted monitoring report published for NCG’s private provider

An independent provider that is part of the country’s largest college group has had its first Ofsted monitoring report...

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UCU calls on FE Commissioner to consider de-merging London colleges from NCG

Union officials at two London colleges have written to the FE Commissioner requesting that he urgently investigates whether they...

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Apprenticeship levy usage rockets from 5 to 22% in second year but only 15% since launch

Employers used 22 per cent of their apprenticeship levy funds in the 12 months to the end of January...

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