Apprenticeships

Keegan stands firm on keeping levy funding for apprenticeships

The skills minister has restated her stance that apprenticeship levy funding should only be used for apprenticeships, insisting it...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Government careers agency bemoans lack of Baker Clause compliance

The head of the government’s careers quango has bemoaned how independent providers have not been given enough access to...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Sir Kevan Collins resigns as government education recovery tsar

The government’s education recovery commissioner Sir Kevan Collins has offered his resignation after ministers allocated just £1.4 billion in...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Prison educators plan further strikes in health and safety dispute

Another wave of strike action by educators has been announced at 49 prisons and young offenders’ institutions.  The University...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Covid-19

Revealed: Government plans to expand 16-19 Covid tuition fund

The government has published plans to expand the 16-19 Tuition Fund as part of a £1.4 billion package of...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Movers and Shakers

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 355

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Vicki Stott, Chief executive, QAA Start date: October 2021 Previous...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Colleges publish ethnicity pay data in bid to increase diversity

Colleges are revealing the pay gaps between their staff’s ethnic groups in a bid to tackle under-representation in the...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Lessons learned from training through the pandemic

College leaders have shared the key lessons and insights they have learned from delivering training through the pandemic in...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Legal apprentice provider penalised by watchdog

A leading commercial training provider for the legal profession has been reprimanded by Ofsted for being too “inexperienced” to...

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Fraser Whieldon