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New FE Commissioner: ‘I want to change perception from one of fear to one of support’

But 'some leaders do some really silly things, so there will always be consequences', Shelagh Legrave warns

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Qualifications

Labour warns BTECs cull could hit healthcare and retail hardest

'We want to ensure every young person can gain a level 3 qualification whether through A-levels, T Levels, BTECs...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Richard Branson’s Virgin Care training arm takes off with top Ofsted marks

Inspectors lauded apprentices for 'outstanding resilience' during the pandemic

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Billy Camden
News

Revealed: 39 post-16 providers to share £83m to accommodate demographic boom

An additional 260,000 16- to 19-year-olds are anticipated to be in education in the coming years

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Billy Camden
T Levels

There is no T Level recruitment target, DfE maintains

It comes despite the spending review making funding available for 'up to 100,000 students' by 2024

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Billy Camden
News

AELP conference round-up: Top officials talk traineeships, achievement rates and T Levels

Providers, regulators and government representatives headed to Manchester this week for the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ (AELP)...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Insolvency Service to take no action against directors of collapsed provider 3aaa

The Insolvency Service began investigating the company’s directors’ conduct following its collapse in 2018

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Billy Camden
News

College pleads for lifting of apprenticeship ban

'We have been working to remove the suspension'

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Billy Camden
Qualifications

Ministers play down BTECs cull

They have gone as far as to blame the media for fuelling a belief there will be a binary...

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Billy Camden