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Williamson has his work cut out if he’s to get Britain’s skills system up to scratch

The new education secretary has his work cut out. Additional funding for skills and apprenticeships must also be met...

Billy Camden
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NCG announces new chief executive

England’s largest college group has appointed Liz Bromley as its new chief executive. NCG will welcome the former deputy...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Labour’s advisory board considering tax credit employer incentives

A Labour Party commission has set out what it calls a “radical new direction” for lifelong learning, including the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Second round of apprenticeship standard reviews launched

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has today launched a route review of standards in the creative and...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted finds ‘significant’ safeguarding concerns at specialist college

A specialist college that teaches students with autism and other complex needs has dropped two grades to ‘inadequate’ after...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Monthly apprenticeships update: April starts up 3% on last year but May stays static

Apprenticeship starts for the period August 2018 to May 2019 are up 7 per cent on the previous year,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Cabinet reshuffle: Education secretary Damian Hinds out

Damian Hinds has lost his job as education secretary, following skills minister Anne Milton out the door, as new...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Government turns to European Union funding to support T-levels

The government is looking to the European Social Fund to help tackle the barriers that rural areas face with...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Theresa May uses last PMQs to plead with Boris Johnson to invest more in FE

Outgoing prime minister Theresa May used her last speech at the dispatch box to plead with her successor to...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden