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Counter fraud becomes 500th approved apprenticeship standard

Counter fraud investigator has become the 500th apprenticeship standard approved for delivery by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Bulletin, Movers and Shakers

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 292

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Elizabeth Taylor, chief executive, Employment Related Services Association Start date: November...

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Fraser Whieldon
Opinion

Even a mastermind would fail to keep up with complex, changing and contradictory subcontracting rules

My specialist subject on Mastermind would be the ESFA funding rules for subcontracting. I can quote documents and paragraphs...

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Nick Linford
News

Flagship rail college hopes new name and broader offering will put it back on track

The National College for High Speed Rail is ploughing ahead with a new name and broader course offer, following...

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Fraser Whieldon
News

Minister admits no power to stop Stourbridge College becoming residential flats

An education minister has admitted the government has no power to preserve Stourbridge College’s site for educational use, heightening...

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Fraser Whieldon
News

Revealed: The awarding bodies delivering the second wave of T-levels

The awarding organisations that will develop, deliver and award the seven T-levels being rolled out from 2021 are NCFE...

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Fraser Whieldon
News

Williamson pledges to ‘supercharge’ FE and overtake Germany within a decade

The education secretary has promised to deliver a “revolution in technical education”, and announced a target of overtaking Germany...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Bulletin, Movers and Shakers

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 291

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Sheila Fraser Whyte, Executive director of business development and innovation, Richmond-upon-Thames...

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Fraser Whieldon
News

Advanced learner loan cap is deterring students, college warns

A government-imposed cap on advanced learner loan (ALL) provision is having a “devastating impact”, a college in Oxford has...

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Fraser Whieldon