Adult education

Pilot targeting UC claimants scales back target numbers

Industry leavers and Covid-19 disruption has hampered progress on health and care pilot

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Jason Noble
Devolution

Cornwall secures adult education and skills powers in £360m devolution deal

Mayoral county deal will see devolution of AEB by 2025

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Jason Noble
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship underspend shrinks to £11m in 2021/22

Fresh fears have been raised over future budget overspends

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Jason Noble
Colleges, Ofsted

Ofsted gives first ‘limited’ rating to college for meeting skills contribution

Strode College is among the first in the country to be inspected with the new enhanced framework

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Jason Noble
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

University that ramped up apprenticeships secures third ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating

More than 2,000 apprentices have been recruited in the past four years

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Jason Noble
Colleges

College reclassification: Major changes you need to know about

Restrictions on senior pay and borrowing announced, plus bad news on VAT

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Jason Noble
Apprenticeships

Create new ‘national apprenticeship inspectorate’, says think tank

EDSK also calls for a minimum of 200 hours of off-the-job training to be face-to-face learning

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Jason Noble
Apprenticeships

Over 40 organisations removed from apprentice assessment register

Ofqual involvement in applications process bolsters regulation of end point assessment

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Ofsted, sixth forms

Sixth form and FE college quality hits new high

100 per cent of sixth form colleges have 'outstanding' or 'good' ratings

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Jason Noble