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Former adviser to two skills ministers blasts apprenticeship levy

A former senior advisor to two previous skills ministers is the latest figure in FE to insist the levy is in urgent need of reform, in a new report full of stinging criticism of the recent apprenticeship reforms. Tom Richmond, who worked under Nick Boles and Matt Hancock and left the Department for Education in […]

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Staff at two West Yorkshire colleges balloted on strike action

UPDATE: UCU staff members at Bradford College have today (May 3) voted to strike. The result for Kirklees College is expected to be announced tomorrow (May 4).   Two cash-strapped colleges in West Yorkshire are being balloted for possible strike actions over plans to cut jobs and change contracts. Bradford College, which received two government […]

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Carole Stott to step down as WorldSkills UK chair

Carole Stott will step down as chair of WorldSkills UK in the autumn, after more than five years in the role. The former teacher, who was awarded an MBE in 2012 for services to adult education, has led the board through a period of “extraordinary change” ever since she took on the position in April […]

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Learndirect did not get ‘anywhere near’ winning legal battle against Ofsted, judge says

The country’s largest FE provider didn’t get “anywhere near” quashing its now infamous ‘inadequate’ rating during its legal fight with Ofsted, the judge from the case has said. After a seven month wait the Manchester Administrative Court has finally published the detailed judgement following Learndirect’s failed judicial review in early August last year. Mr Justice […]

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Monthly update: apprenticeship starts down 23 per cent in December

UPDATED: To ensure we’re comparing like with like, the table has been updated to include provisional figures from August to December 2016, as the figures for this period in 2017 are still provisional. Figures for May to July are final for both 2016 and 2017. Apprenticeship starts were down 23 per cent in December on […]

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32 adult learning projects share £11.7 million fund

The projects which will share a £11.7 million fund to help more adults back into the classroom have been announced. The Flexible Learning Fund will support 32 “innovative” projects across England. The idea is to “encourage more people to take part in new training or courses that will help them progress in current employment or […]

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Three senior Team Wearside staff jailed for £460,000 fraud

An ex-chief executive of a training provider and two of her former colleagues have been sentenced to a total of more than 10 years in prison for defrauding a college and a private provider out of almost £460,000. Joanne Mounter, Paula Bolan, Kym Adrian Norman, who all worked for Team Wearside, were each convicted for […]

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Applications open for nine new T-level employer panels

Representatives from business are being asked to apply to join panels that will help develop new T-levels. The Department for Education is establishing employer panels for T-level routes that will be delivered from 2022, in agriculture, environmental and animal care; business and administration; catering and hospitality; creative and design; and hair and beauty. “The DfE is […]

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Learndirect’s second Ofsted monitoring visit: 15 key findings

The second monitoring visit report on crisis-hit Learndirect has been published by Ofsted. This was the second reinspection monitoring visit to Learndirect Ltd following publication of the inspection report last August, which found the provider to be ‘inadequate’ overall. Learndirect Ltd is “winding down its contracts to deliver apprenticeships and adult learning”. These will finish at […]

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