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What lessons can we learn from end-point assessments?
What lessons can we learn from end-point assessments?
End-point assessment is a vital part of any apprenticeship, and Thomas Burton explains how to get it right. The government wants its trailblazer apprenticeship reforms to have independent...
5:00, Apr 23, 2018
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Time to close the loophole that harms Catholic SFCs
Time to close the loophole that harms Catholic SFCs
A legal anomaly is stopping Catholic sixth-form colleges from reaping the benefits of academisation. Putting this right would be a simple matter, writes Paul Barber. In the wider...
5:00, Apr 22, 2018
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Why is the IfA silent on end-point assessment concerns?
Why is the IfA silent on end-point assessment concerns?
The issue of apprentices starting standards without an end-point assessment organisation in place was first raised by FE Week in June 2016. At the time a former senior...
9:34, Apr 20, 2018
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Market or system - what's the best model for FE?
Market or system – what’s the best model for FE?
Further education is increasingly being used as a laboratory between competing models of education, and the market model is winning. Ewart Keep explains why marketising education might not...
5:00, Apr 16, 2018
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Why is there no T-Level pathway for sport?
Why is there no T-Level pathway for sport?
Elite sports is one of the hardest industries to break into, yet there are no plans for any technical routes, laments Jo Maher The independent panel on technical...
5:00, Apr 15, 2018
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£73m unspent adult education budget funding is absurd
£73m unspent adult education budget funding is absurd
The adult education budget has been significantly cut over the last decade, to the annual £1.5 billion it is today. And, we are told, as a result there...
9:00, Apr 13, 2018
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Anne Milton: The restructuring facility won't be used to prop up colleges
Anne Milton: The restructuring facility won’t be used to prop up colleges
The government has put up £300m to keep struggling colleges on their feet, but it’s not a hand-out for failures, writes Anne Milton FE Week readers will know...
15:12, Apr 9, 2018
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The government should focus on apprenticeship quality, not quantity
The government should focus on apprenticeship quality, not quantity
Without proper focus on apprenticeships at the top end, the government will never achieve its ambition to close the skills gap, claims Adrian Anderson While most of the...
10:05, Mar 27, 2018
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Degree apprenticeships shouldn't just be repackaged degrees
Degree apprenticeships shouldn’t just be repackaged degrees
Martin Doel believes there can be a place for higher and degree apprenticeships – but they can’t be near-exact replicas of regular degrees I followed Apprenticeship Week at...
10:05, Mar 27, 2018
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ESOL is chronically underfunded - this must change
ESOL is chronically underfunded – this must change
It’s all very well the education secretary waxing lyrical about English as a second language, but without proper funding, migrants have no chance, writes Gordon Marsden Louise Casey...
5:00, Mar 26, 2018
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Off-the-job training should be a selling point, not a sticking point
Off-the-job training should be a selling point, not a sticking point
It is very clear that many apprenticeship providers are struggling to persuade employers to buy into the new 20-per-cent off-the-job training rule. So it comes as no surprise...
11:24, Mar 23, 2018
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KPMG sends its apprentices back to school
Professional services giant KPMG has been sending its apprentices back to school in a scheme to boost their professional development,...
Time to close the loophole that harms Catholic SFCs
A legal anomaly is stopping Catholic sixth-form colleges from reaping the benefits of academisation. Putting this right would be a...
Market or system – what’s the best model for FE?
Further education is increasingly being used as a laboratory between competing models of education, and the market model is winning....