Colleges

Leicester principal Verity Hancock to depart amid cancer treatment

She has led the college for more than a decade

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

English and maths apprenticeship reforms: 24-25 rules updated

Exit requirement ditched for apprentices aged 19+ on the day of their start

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Short isn’t sweet for apprenticeship standards warning

Government plans to move from a 12 to 8 month minimum duration by August

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Billy Camden
Colleges, Industrial action

23 sixth form colleges vote to strike in NASUWT ballot

But the union has been criticised for also balloting teachers in academised sixth form colleges not involved in the...

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

English and maths rule scrapped for adult apprentices, DfE confirms

Ministers also reveal the apprenticeship minimum duration will be reduced from 12 to 8 months

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

DfE to relax functional skills rules for apprentices

Ministers expected to announce major rule change imminently

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Billy Camden
Ofsted

Ofsted report cards: We’ll face more pressure, not less, say FE staff

Leaders warn of 'greater risk of error' which is likely to lead to more complaints

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofqual, Politics

£16k legal bill blow as apprentice assessor’s £50k fine upheld

EPAO refutes Ofqual allegations that the company deliberately breached rules for financial gain

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Billy Camden
News

NEU calls off sixth form college strikes

Union suspends this week's planned 2-day walk out as it consults members on 4.3% pay offer

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Billy Camden