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DfE seeks Parliamentary Bill team ahead of ‘ambitious’ FE white paper

The Department for Education is assembling a new team of legislators to implement education secretary Gavin Williamson’s “ambitious vision” for reform in the upcoming FE white paper. Job adverts went out earlier this month for two officers, one senior officer, one lead and one manager for a parliamentary team to work on the new Bill […]

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New Esports BTEC a game-changer (sponsored)

The billion-dollar market for competitive video gaming is continuing to rise, with new jobs requiring fresh talent. And it’s not just about playing – like sports, the sector requires those with transferable skills in marketing, sales, coaching, commentary, editing and lots more. To facilitate this, new esports BTECs from Pearson and the British Esports Association […]

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Management clear-out planned for college running on emergency cash

A college surviving on bailout funding is seeking to balance the books with a management clear-out. Twenty managers who currently cover 10 roles at Greater Brighton Metropolitan College (GB Met) were informed yesterday evening that they are at risk of redundancy. No teaching or back office jobs are currently affected. GB Met triggered formal FE […]

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Access to post-18 opportunities is not a level playing field

Ministers must come up with a new policy to allow 18- to 24-year-olds on universal credit to access free full-time education, writes Mark Corney During the last great recession – the financial crash of 2008 – many young people shielded themselves from a collapsing jobs market through participating in full-time education. The same is happening […]

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Digital skills bootcamps: What are they and how will they work?

The digital skills bootcamps announced with the prime minister’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee could lead to adult education budget provision being elbowed aside by training paid for through the National Skills Fund. A total of £8 million is being spent on the short courses in IT subjects such as cloud services, digital for advanced manufacturing and […]

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Skills minister ‘hopeful’ free level 3 quals will be revealed next month

The skills minister has said she is “hopeful” the list of free, first, full level 3 qualifications being funded as part of the Lifetime Skills Guarantee will be published next month.  Speaking at an FE Week roundtable today, Gillian Keegan was asked when providers and learners can find out which courses they could start from […]

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£100m pilot integrated into £2.5bn National Skills Fund

The government’s national retraining scheme pilot has been rolled into the national skills fund, Gillian Keegan announced today. In a ministerial statement, the skills minister said the decision to amalgamate the two programmes was taken in order to “reduce complexity” in the adult education landscape. The retraining scheme was first announced in the 2017 Budget […]

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Queen’s Birthday Honours: Who received what in FE?

A former college principal who championed further education and skills as a member of Parliament has been knighted in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours.  Nic Dakin, who represented Scunthorpe from 2010 to 2019 after having run Sir John Leggott College in the city, is one of 20 FE and skills figures to have been recognised.  […]

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Dig beneath the surface of the government’s skills announcement and it’s unambitious

The government is deploying a solutions-as-you-go approach, instead of a proper national network for employment and training, writes Kirstie Donnelly It certainly feels like the government is waking up to the potential of technical and skills-based education. But dig underneath the surface of these announcements and they feel slightly unambitious and limited in their scope […]

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