Adult education

DfE to spend over £100m on digital platform for Multiply maths scheme

It will be designed to assess skill levels and provide online tutoring

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Billy Camden
Skills reform

First local skills improvement plans published

The plans are a key FE reform as outlined in the skills for jobs white paper

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Billy Camden
Adult education

Revealed: Local area funding allocations for Multiply adult maths scheme

£270m is being dished out to mayoral combined authorities and local councils in England

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Billy Camden
T Levels

DfE seeks brokers for SME T Level placements

Up to £350 will be paid per placement to the winning contractors

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Shock as half of apprentices drop out

Expert says there would be 'national outcry' and independent inquiry if this happened with A-levels

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Billy Camden
AEB

‘Frustrating’ for some but ‘not surprising’: ESFA extends AEB contracts for one more year

National adult education budget contracts renewed for 2022/23

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

2020/21 apprenticeship achievement rate hits 57.7% – and just 51.8% for standards

Almost half of learners on the new-style apprenticeship standards failed to successfully complete their programme last year, new figures...

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Revised 2019/20 apprenticeship achievement rates reveal huge drop

The overall achievement rate for apprenticeships in 2019/20 has fallen to 57.5 per cent – 6.7 percentage points lower...

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Billy Camden
Covid-19

DfE widens student eligibility criteria for 16-19 catch-up funding

But leaders warn the extension has been introduced too late and predict 'many' fundng clawbacks

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Billy Camden