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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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Awarding organisations launch T-level legal challenge in pre-action letter to DfE

Battle lines have officially been drawn by the Federation of Awarding Bodies, after it outlined its intention to launch...

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8 things we learned from skills minister’s select committee grilling

A feisty commons education select committee meeting, held this morning, saw Anne Milton quizzed on a number of pressing...

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Employers leave Learndirect Apprenticeships following sale

The recent sale of Learndirect Apprenticeships Ltd is causing some of its large levy-paying customers to take their business...

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Wayne’s world: meet the new Learndirect boss

A little-known entrepreneur, Wayne Janse van Rensburg, has overnight become one of the most powerful figures in FE after...

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Minimum 2-month notice period for reduced apprenticeship funding rates

Apprenticeship funding bands currently under review by the Institute for Apprenticeships will be given a minimum two-month notice period...

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Keep co-investment fee, but transfer non-levy cash to providers with demand, UVAC tells Milton

A membership body representing universities has written to the skills minister to say it would be a “massive mistake”...

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