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Milton’s mission – An interview with the Apprenticeships & Skills minister

Anne Milton has just passed her six-month mark as apprenticeships and skills minister. FE Week paid her a visit...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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BREAKING: Government launches 10-week T-levels consultation

The long-awaited public consultation for T-levels has today been launched by the government. The consultation, which has been delayed...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Anne Milton apologises for non-levy tender delays

The skills minister has offered her “sincere apologies” to FE providers which have been caught up in the non-levy...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted Watch: ‘Good’ news all round for FE

It was ‘good’ news all round for FE this week as all inspected providers either maintained or improved their...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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‘Postponed’ non-levy tender results imminent

The results of the second attempted tender for funding apprenticeships with small employers (non-levy) are expected imminently, FE Week...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Learndirect’s apprenticeship achievement rates continue to fall, says Ofsted

Learndirect’s apprenticeship achievement rates have continued to fall, Ofsted has found in its first monitoring visit to the provider...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Budget 2017: Inflation-busting apprentice minimum wage rise

The national minimum wage for apprentices will rise again in April, from £3.50 to £3.70 per hour, the chancellor...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Budget 2017: Extra £20m for colleges to prepare for T-levels

The government will invest an extra £20 million to help colleges prepare for the introduction of T-levels, the chancellor...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Budget 2017: £8.5m to explore new maths resit approaches

The government has set aside £8.5 million to pilot “innovative approaches” to improving its controversial GCSE maths resit policy....

Billy Camden
Billy Camden