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DfE gives IoT bid special treatment to grade 3 NCG

The government appears to have broken its own rules in its Institutes of Technology competition, by putting NCG through...

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Ofqual to audit EPAOs amid ‘capacity and capability’ concerns

Ofqual will soon begin auditing apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations to find out how they are mitigating risks around the...

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Colleges supported with £760,000 to engage inactive students in sport

Over three quarters of a million pounds will be invested in colleges over the next two years to engage...

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Billy Camden
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European Social Fund protected until end of 2020, Chancellor confirms

Training providers will have their European Social Fund cash protected until the end of 2020, even if a “no-deal”...

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Billy Camden
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9 things we learned from the DfE’s annual report and accounts 2017-18

The Department for Education has this morning published its annual report, revealing payoffs, various bonuses and millions in unrecoverable...

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Billy Camden
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Ofsted watch: Best and worst of FE on show

An independent specialist college showed the best of FE this week as it maintained its ‘outstanding’ rating, but the...

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Billy Camden
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DfE spent £93m on doomed UTCs and studio schools

The Department for Education spent more than £90 million on university technical college and studio school projects that went...

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Billy Camden
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DfE waters down T-level licensing rules but unlikely to appease exam bodies legal challenge

The government has watered down a number of rules in its procurement process for T-levels following outcry from the...

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11 things we learned from the ESFA’s first annual report and accounts

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has this afternoon published its annual report for 2017-18, revealing huge bailouts, questionable bonuses...

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Billy Camden