Author: Billy Camden

The Institute for Apprenticeships is giving the FE sector just five working days to respond to its consultation on the draft content for the first three T-levels – during half term. The body that will become responsible for the whole T-level programme later this year published the long-awaited draft content for pathways in digital, construction, […]

An FE college that was that was only incorporated in 2014 is no longer sustainable as a standalone institution, according to the FE commissioner, who has told it to merge. Prospects College of Advanced Technology, which converted from an independent training provider to college status four years ago, becoming the first college to be instituted […]

Three early monitoring visit reports on new apprenticeship providers were published this week and produced a mixed bag. Lean Education and Development Limited, based in the west Midlands, received the most positive report. Inspectors praised the provider for having a “clear vision and well-considered strategy to become a high-performing provider of learning”. LEAD became a […]

Universities are butting heads with the Institute for Apprenticeships over funding-rate reductions – and many may even stop offering degree-level standards if they go ahead. The body that polices apprenticeships announced a funding-band review of 31 standards this week. This included some of the most popular, including the chartered manager degree apprenticeship. This particular standard […]

Ofsted will have its powers and budget for FE inspections boosted after the government was embarrassed over apprenticeship accountability, FE Week can reveal. The watchdog will now be given potentially as much as £7 million to visit every new apprenticeship provider. Critically, it will also have the final say over quality. The decision been dubbed […]

The government has accepted that it did not have proper oversight of Learndirect, and has agreed to take action on all of the recommendations made by a public accounts committee inquiry held on it. Members of the committee grilled the organisations which have been closest to the debacle surrounding the nation’s biggest FE provider at […]

The funding rate for the controversial management degree apprenticeship is set to fall, following a review of the most popular standards. The Institute for Apprenticeships announced today that it will look at 31 standards (see table below), at request from the Department for Education. The IfA will now have 30 funding bands to choose from […]

Ofsted has taken a highly unusual decision to extend its inspection of NCG, suggesting that not all is well at the nation’s largest college group. Two teams of inspectors were sent in last Monday owing to achievement rate concerns, and they had been due to wrap up their investigations by the end of last week. […]

Apprentices from BAE Systems, Toyota and a Michelin star restaurant are among 22 of the country’s most skilled young people – selected to represent the UK at EuroSkills Budapest 2018. The team will fly to Hungary to battle it out against Europe’s best between September 26 and 28, in a broad spectrum of disciplines including […]