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Ofsted in dark over 3aaa but also to blame

With an initial 2014/15 contract value of £3.1m, 3aaa was a relatively small apprenticeship provider when it received its...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
NICK LINFORD
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Revealed: The 21 colleges that will share £40m Maths Centres of Excellence cash

The names of the 21 colleges selected to receive funding as Maths Centres of Excellence have been revealed. The...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Hinds reveals £38m T-levels capital funding boost

The education secretary will announce a £38 million capital funding boost for schools and colleges in the first wave...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Damian Hinds: Full text of Conservative Conference 2018 speech

Damian Hinds addressed the Conservative party conference in Birmingham yesterday in a speech which included extra funding for T-levels,...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Minister open to raising apprenticeship transfer funding but concerned about fraud

The skills minister has said she is “open to” raising the apprenticeship levy transfer facility above 25 per cent...

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Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Employers hit back at apprenticeship transfer fund policy

Plans to reform the apprenticeship levy have been criticised by some  large employers, who have voiced concerns that changes...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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All new apprenticeship standards to be introduced by August 2020

The government has committed to introducing all new apprenticeship standards in time for August 2020, rather than “by 2020”...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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ESFA ready to roll-out Trip Advisor-style review feature for apprenticeship programmes

Employers will soon be posting scores and reviews of their apprenticeship provider in an online review tool similar to...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Struggling Stoke-on-Trent College gets cash ‘boost’ from DfE support fund

A cash-strapped college which was almost £16 million in the red has received a “major boost” to its finances...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross