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Budget 2021: What the chancellor announced for FE and skills

Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his spring budget today and confirmed a number of new investments for the FE and...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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FE providers to receive free batch of face masks to aid reopening

FE providers will each receive up to 7,500 face masks from government for free as they reopen to more...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Telecoms firms extend free data offer to FE students

Telecoms companies have extended their free data offer to young and disadvantaged students in further education just as they...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Watchdog fears public bodies will avoid statistical models following exam grading backlash

Public bodies may be “less willing” to use statistical models to support decisions in future after the system to...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Employer cash incentives to double to £3,000 for adult apprentices

The cash bonus scheme for hiring apprentices aged 25 and over is set to double to £3,000 and will...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Education staff won’t be prioritised for vaccine as government continues with age-based approach

School and college staff will not be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine over other workers in the next phase...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Delay to Covid-19 testing for providers branded ‘madness’

The government has failed to explain why private training providers will need to wait until the end of next...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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‘Bureaucratic’ process for adding courses to level 3 lifetime skills guarantee offer slammed

One of the country’s largest manufacturing sectors has hit out at the “frustrating” and “bureaucratic” process of adding courses...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Functional skills barrier removed for ‘eligible apprentices’ from today

The government has finally reintroduced a flexibility that allows apprentices to take their end-point assessment (EPA) before their English...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden