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Ofsted watch: Promising week for new apprenticeship providers

It’s been a promising week for new apprenticeship providers, with only one ‘insufficient progress’ finding from six monitoring visits....

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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 269

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Carole Carson Chair, SCL Education Group Start date December 2018 Previous...

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Approved T-level provider warns of pulling out after DfE excludes private providers from £38m capital bids

An independent training provider due to deliver the first T-levels from next year has warned it might have to...

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Great debate on AEB devolution: will it be a successful policy?

The motion: This House believes the devolution of the £1.5bn adult education budget will prove to be a successful...

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Flagship UTC received huge DfE bailout after being stung by apprenticeship funding cuts

A flagship university technical college had to be bailed out by the government with a £650,000 loan, after being...

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UCU members strike over pay in 13 colleges across England

Strikes went ahead at 13 colleges but were suspended at three others this week in an ongoing dispute over...

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DfE launches £38m T-levels capital fund

The Department for Education has released a guide to the £38 million capital fund for providers to use in...

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ESFA appoints new chair to management board

Irene Lucas has been named the new chair of the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s management board. Ms Lucas...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted watch: Up-and-down week for FE

It’s been an up-and-down week for the FE sector, which saw a return of three ‘good’ ratings, but two...

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Fraser Whieldon