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Employability must start with accessibility 

With the potential for even more lockdown life ahead of us, the adaptations made to the UK’s business infrastructure to remain operational seem set to remain for some time. Alongside this has been a hard lesson in humility and humanity that, coupled with our newfound affinity for tech-enabled workspaces, may prove to be the most advantageous of the changes from which there should be no going […]

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Former leader of bankrupt college returns to auditing firm

Investigations by the government’s insolvency watchdog into the former leadership of two bankrupt colleges are still ongoing – as one of the individuals at the centre of the scandal takes up a role at the colleges’ former auditor. The Insolvency Service confirmed this week its inquiry into the conduct of directors at Hadlow College and […]

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Colleges fear enrolment surge could see 20,000 sixth formers go ‘unfunded’

Around 20,000 “unfunded” 16 to 18-year-old students are studying in colleges this year following a surge in enrolments due to Covid-19, according to the Association of Colleges. The membership body said that the number – caused by the Education and Skills Funding Agency basing college funding on lagged learner numbers – equates to around £120 […]

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FE colleges have been too reluctant to challenge bias against black and Asian apprentices

Too many colleges and employers have a ‘diversity and inclusion’ policy but go no further, writes Jeremy Crook Will 2020 mark a turning point in how employers and the FE sector deal with racial inequalities? Those of us working with black and Asian young people are still waiting to see. There has been some progress […]

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Large redundancies planned at college which took over Hadlow Group campuses

Almost 100 jobs are at risk at one of the colleges which took over part of the first college group to go through education administration. North Kent College (NKC), which took over the main Hadlow College campus and the Tonbridge campus of West Kent in August, has confirmed to FE Week that 90 staff are […]

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Free digital skills quals held up by Covid and Ofqual delays

Coronavirus and “unnecessary delays” by the exams regulator have been blamed for disrupting the roll out of free, government-developed, basic IT qualifications for adults. Despite the August launch date for the “entitlement”, which covers fully funded digital skills courses at entry and level 1, qualifications watchdog Ofqual revealed last week it had forced all but […]

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England’s first space apprenticeship set for lift-off

Science minister Amanda Solloway explains why England’s first space engineering apprenticeship is set for launch “Without you Tom, we wouldn’t have gotten to the Moon.” Those were the immortal words of gratitude expressed by then President, Richard Nixon, in 1961 to British rocket engineer Tom Bacon at a White House reception to mark the successful […]

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Devolve greater skills funding powers for Covid-19 recovery, government urged

The government has been urged to devolve more skills funding to mayoral combined authorities to allow them to develop “grassroot” recovery strategies from Covid-19. A new report, Act Now, has today been published by education giant City & Guilds that warns a “top down” approach to recovery puts the UK economy “at risk” as much of […]

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Lockdown learners: Could the pandemic lead to a shift in adult participation in learning?

The coronavirus pandemic may have increased the value adults place on learning, for work and their wider lives, writes Emily Jones This week is Lifelong Learning Week, a chance to celebrate the difference that learning can make to people’s lives. And there may have never been a more important time for adults to engage in […]

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