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Only lawyers are guaranteed to win in the T-level AO tender

With all eyes on the 52 providers taking care of wave one of the T-level delivery in 2020, the...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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T-Levels: Reform should be a marathon not a sprint

With the design consultations for the three early T-level routes continuing at breakneck speed, Julie Hyde makes the case...

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JULIE HYDE
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Don’t expect T-Levels to bring ‘parity of esteem’ overnight

T-levels are possibly the best-designed new qualifications in decades, but it’ll take hard work to promote them as a...

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CHRIS McLEAN
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It’s not wrong to use the apprenticeship levy to fund MBAs

Apprenticeships at the top end are a legitimate and vital use of levy funds, argues Kirstie Donnelly Much has...

Kirstie Donnelly
KIRSTIE DONNELLY
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Is pushing ahead with T-levels fair on young people?

The top civil servant at the DfE, responsible for the “feasibility of public spending” has concluded that T-levels need...

Nick Linford
NICK LINFORD
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London needs proper control of its adult education budget

The office of the mayor of London responds to criticisms that it plans to top-slice £3 million from the...

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JULES PIPE
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Devolution means cutting courses to pay for more pen-pushers

There’s a degree of inevitability about watching local government top-slicing FE funding as part of the devolution agenda. The...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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More support for disadvantaged apprentices is needed

With the latest figures on apprenticeship starts published today, its easy to get pulled into the debate about whether...

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HE has a HESA – why can’t FE have a FESA?

A “data deficit” is responsible for the persistent failure of UK skills policy, explains Andy Norman, who wants to...

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