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BREAKING: First official apprenticeship levy figures show a 61% fall in starts

Total apprenticeship starts for May, June and July fell a staggering 61% compared to the same period last year....

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Ofsted watch: A ‘good’ week for FE as providers maintain grade twos

There was good news across the FE sector last week as both providers with reports published maintained their grade...

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Opinion

Milton in the middle

Sat at the front of a breakfast event, I was witness to a refreshing account from a skills minister...

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News

Somerset provider reopens courses after major AEB increase – but it’s still £1m short

A large community learning provider in Somerset has reopened courses today after the government granted it substantial extra emergency...

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Nick Linford
News

Labour conference: Corbyn to tackle automation jobs threat with free FE

Jeremy Corbyn will pledge to tackle the threat to jobs from automation by offering free tuition for all FE...

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Nick Linford
News

Grenfell community rage over college sell-off

Leaders of a college that sold its main campus to make way for housing ahead of a planned merger...

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Nick Linford
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Revealed: How to get the DfE Institute of Technology kite-mark

UPDATE: The Department for Education has now confirmed they’ve published documents launching the IoT invitations on the lep network...

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ESFA row-back on plans to increase apprenticeship performance threshold

The government has today scrapped plans to increase by three percentage points the apprenticeship minimum standard achievement threshold. The...

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IfA interviewing chief executive candidates

Interviews for a permanent chief executive at the Institute for Apprenticeships will at last begin later this month, finishing...

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Nick Linford