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NCG tackles casual staff contracts

The nation’s largest college group has been praised for tackling “insecure” staff contracts, after it unveiled plans to move...

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ESFA hiring team to focus on audit and intervention at private training providers

The Education and Skills Funding Agency is to focus on intervention and prevention in independent training providers following a...

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EuroSkills 2018: Team UK given send-off at Parliament

“Endurance, fortitude and determination” are the qualities that each member of Team UK will need to beat Europe’s best,...

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AoC proposes introduction of HE levy to pay for developing new suite of higher level qualifications

The government should fund the development of new higher level qualifications, paid for by a “higher technical levy” or...

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Ofqual U-turns on T-level plans that would have forced students to wait a year for a retake

Ofqual will allow T-level exams to be taken more than once throughout the assessment year – meaning students will...

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Colleges in uproar as CITB tries to protect management fees with ‘reverse subcontracting’ deal

The Construction Industry Training Board is trying to force colleges to enter “reverse subcontracting” arrangements where it charges “unfair”...

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T-level industry placements ‘likely’ to reduce apprenticeship offers, new DfE commissioned research finds

Substantial T-level industry placements are expected to reduce the number of apprenticeships that employers offer, new Department for Education...

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Students ‘distraught’ after college blames T-level preparation for last minute decision to dump all A-level courses

Forty students who were supposed to be inducted onto their A-levels today have been left “distraught” after Northampton College...

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Skills minister on hunt for apprentice but excludes applicants with GCSE grade 4 (a pass)

Anne Milton has posted a job advert looking for an apprentice to work in her parliamentary office which excludes...

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