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FAB award winners 2019 unveiled

A provider of British Sign Language qualifications and an engineering awarding organisation are among the winners of this year’s...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofqual chief has three questions for awarding organisations as part of crackdown

Ofqual’s chief regulator has tasked awarding organisations with answering three questions as part of the watchdog’s work on ensuring...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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FAB chair to make 5 wishes to education secretary

Federation of Awarding Bodies chair Paul Eeles will make five wishes to education secretary Gavin Williamson at the membership...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Fourth content review of apprenticeship standards launched

Apprenticeships covering agriculture, environment and animal care will be probed by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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DfE looking to appoint extra principals and consultants to ‘enable more colleges to be supported’

The FE Commissioner is recruiting more college leaders and governors to firm up the National Leaders of Governance and...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Introducing… Lord Agnew

Jess Staufenberg has closely followed Lord Agnew’s career in the schools sector, where his reputation divides opinion. As he...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted comes down hard on UK’s leading firm of financial compliance advisers

A company claiming to be the UK’s largest compliance support and business consultancy provider for financial services has been...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted watch: Mega apprenticeship provider making ‘significant progress’ after grade three

A major financial services provider to high-profile employers and over 3,500 apprentices, has made ‘significant progress’ following a previous...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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AELP accuses DfE of ‘sidestepping’ with £515k tender to engage SMEs in apprenticeships

The government has come under fire for planning to spend £500,000 helping small employers get “onboarded onto the Apprenticeship...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon