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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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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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Hinds hits back at awarding organisations’ ‘deeply disappointing’ T-levels legal challenge

The education secretary has hit back at the Federation of Awarding Bodies “deeply disappointing” threat of a judicial review...

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Student satisfaction still highest with private providers – but colleges slightly close the gap

Colleges have slightly narrowed the gap with private training providers by 2.5 percentage points when it comes to learner...

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PM praises rise in apprenticeship quality despite Ofsted’s warning of a decline

The prime minister has claimed that apprenticeships quality has risen since the introduction of the levy, despite Ofsted finding...

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DfE announces first regional ‘skills deal’

The West Midlands has become the first combined authority to strike a “skills deal” with the Department for Education,...

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No surprises: Somerset provider wins special ESFA tender after local MPs lobbied minister

A training provider in Somerset that found itself at the sharp end of the adult education budget debacle has...

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Milton leaves MPs ‘staggered’ by admitting she wouldn’t encourage her children to study first T-levels

The skills minister is expecting a “slow take-up” when T-levels are launched, and admitted that as a parent she...

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