Apprenticeships, DfE, ITPs

DfE accounts: Apprenticeship underspend and insolvent provider write-offs revealed

Nearly £20 million was lost last year to dissolved training providers

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Josh Mellor
ESFA

ESFA accounts: Major write-off for insolvent training provider

The agency's new boss also took a 16 per cent pay rise

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Josh Mellor
Office for Students

OfS independent reviewer becomes regulator’s chair

HE free speech laws will also possibly be scrapped

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Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Slash tuition fees to £6k to fix tertiary system ‘bias’, says think tank

Final EDSK report sets out roadmap to a more coherent post-18 education system

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

Mayor intervenes as judicial review puts college’s £22m rebuild at risk

A neighbour's legal challenge means the college is unlikely to meet the DfE's completion deadline

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Josh Mellor
Devolution

Manchester mayor builds support for MBacc

FE Week visits an Andy Burnham regional event to learn more about his plans to boost technical education

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Josh Mellor
Politics

Jacqui Smith: 10 facts about the new skills, FE and HE minister

Roles have not been officially announced, but Smith confirmed her brief in a recent podcast ahead of a college...

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Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

UCAS scoring plan for apprenticeships draws criticism

Two university groups have criticised the admissions body's proposals to award points based on the length of the apprenticeship

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Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

Pay protected for NHS staff starting apprenticeships

Health workers were previously put off the programme because some employers expected them to take a wage cut

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Josh Mellor