College group becomes first FE institution with permanent degree powers The Office for Students deemed NCG worthy to award bachelors and masters degrees indefinitely this month
Former skills minister Andrea Jenkyns to be made a dame Jenkyns was only skills minister for three months, but is to receive the gong in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list
Director ban for bogus apprenticeships firm chief A seven year director disqualification has been served on the boss of apprenticeships provider London College of Global Education Ltd
Apprentices to take ‘integrated’ EPA and mandatory qual assessment New guidance on mandatory qualifications could see fewer apprentices drop out early
UCAS chief executive Marches on Clare Marchant will leave the organisation to lead the University of Gloucestershire
Another 92 courses face the chop to make way for T Levels Halfon reveals the latest round of qualifications facing the chop to make way for T Levels, including popular engineering BTECs
Manchester mayor’s ‘MBacc’ to rival EBacc to boost technical education It’s not yet clear why schools would promote the MBacc technical education options over the EBacc
1 in 10 established apprenticeships fail to recruit a single apprentice Employers speak out about “risk averse” training providers and “complex processes” preventing apprenticeship recruitment
HIT Training becomes employee-owned after share transfer A new trust has been set up which now holds a majority share of the company on behalf of staff