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‘Deliver on apprentice travel cost pledge’, urges Robert Halfon

The chair of the Commons education select committee has urged the government to “deliver” on its election promise to...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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20% off-the-job rule divides opinion again

The director of the National Apprenticeships Service has mounted a strident defence of the controversial 20-per-cent off-the-job training requirement....

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Merger bulletin: the colleges in need of a partner

The area reviews of post-16 education and training ended last March. They were designed to establish “fewer, often larger,...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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AAC2018: Some apprentices might not have an end-point assessor this year, IfA admits

A “very small number” of apprentices could reach the end of their course in the next year without an...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Lambeth College and LSBU merger is back on

A merger between a cash-strapped London college and a nearby university will be going ahead after all – even...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Subcontracting changes blamed for West Notts College job cuts

The largest college provider of apprenticeships in 2016/17 will have to cut more than 100 jobs in an effort...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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IfA ‘concerns’ revealed over quality assurance conflict of interest

The Institute for Apprenticeships has “concerns” about conflicts of interest in its new model for quality-assurance, FE Week can...

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Jude Burke
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Second financial notice for troubled Bradford College

A cash-strapped college has been hit with a notice to improve for financial control – mere months after receiving...

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Jude Burke
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Government preparing new ESOL strategy

The government will develop a new strategy to teach English to speakers of other languages (ESOL), which is aimed...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke