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Twelve providers now have chartered status

A twelfth provider has achieved FE chartered status: Manchester’s Mantra Learning. The floodgates have seemingly started to open at...

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Damian Hinds casts doubt on Anne Milton’s FE funding review

The review into FE funding announced just two days ago by the skills minister might not actually go ahead...

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Paul Offord
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Consultation launches on post-18 education and funding review

The government’s consultation on its review of Post-18 education and funding has launched today, to close on May 2. It...

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Paul Offord
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DfE announces which providers will be protected from AEB devolution

The providers that will be protected from adult education budget devolution have been announced. Certain providers will continue to...

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Paul Offord
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EXCLUSIVE: Minister intervenes to block new apprenticeship provider from taking recruits

Anne Milton has stepped in to stop a provider from taking on any new apprentices, after it was criticised...

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Paul Offord
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First early Ofsted monitoring visit of apprenticeship newcomer warns training ‘not fit for purpose’

The first of a new wave of Ofsted’s early-monitoring visit reports on newcomers to the apprenticeship market has been...

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Fears over ‘middle-class grab’ on apprenticeships are valid, minister admits

Fears of a “middle-class grab” on apprenticeships are “valid”, the skills minister has admitted. Anne Milton told a House...

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Paul Offord
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Chancellor announces £80m to support small businesses with apprentices

There will be an extra £80 million released to help small businesses recruit apprentices, the chancellor has announced in...

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Paul Offord
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Government cashes in on levy brokerage

Providers training apprentices for the civil service will be subject to a controversial new brokerage charge from the top...

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Paul Offord