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Skills to be at the heart of social mobility plan

FE and skills will have a major role to play in a new social mobility action plan being launched...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Takeover planned for provider that slumped to ‘inadequate’

An independent training provider that has slumped two grades to ‘inadequate’ is trying to get taken over. Chesterfield-based NLT...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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No sign of hoped-for levied apprenticeships surge in latest statistics

There is no sign of the major upturn in levied apprenticeships that the government has been praying for, according...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Robert Halfon: Consolidate the UK’s ‘duplicated’ careers services

The Careers and Enterprise Company and the National Careers Service should be brought under a single umbrella to avoid...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Is FE ready for the big apprenticeship frameworks switch-off?

The process of closing the old-style apprenticeship frameworks to new starts began in March 2016, but only those with...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Anne Milton finally unveils much-delayed careers strategy

The long-overdue careers strategy has finally been unveiled by the apprenticeships and skills minister, at the Careers Development Institute’s...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Ofsted Watch: Success for colleges but ITP rated ‘inadequate’

Two colleges have seen their grades go up to ‘good’ this week – but three previously uninspected providers haven’t...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Large fall in advanced learner loan applications

Advanced learner loan applications are continuing to fall, according to new government statistics. Applications so far for 2017/18 are...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Two thirds of apprenticeships ‘convert’ existing employees, report warns

Two thirds of apprenticeships are merely “converting” existing employees and could be certifying existing skills, rather than focusing on...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke