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SPONSORED: Tech trailblazers – FE colleges leading the way

Using technology to assist the delivery of an engaging education experience is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity. Tools like Canvas can help institutions change pedagogy and deliver a flexible, progressive and student-centred approach which focuses on meeting these unprecedented demands. In the face of dwindling budgets, increasing populations, and unprecedented global competition, […]

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Levy cash must be used to widen access to apprenticeships

The AoC’s Teresa Frith believes that the chancellor should make tweaks to apprenticeship funding, rather than wholesale changes Apprenticeships are an increasingly important part of the long-term plan for workforce development, enhanced productivity and social inclusion in England. The government’s reform programme is aimed at ensuring apprenticeships in England become more rigorous and more responsive […]

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Somerset Skills & Learning to make major redundancies after AEB debacle

A large community learning provider in Somerset that was hit hard by the adult education budget fiasco is likely to close six centres and make over 50 redundancies in the coming months. Somerset Skills & Learning, which currently teaches around 10,000 students and employs around 200 staff, was left £1 million short of the funding […]

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Ofsted watch: Sixth-form college lifts grade to ‘good’ in mixed week

A sixth-form college has improved its Ofsted rating by one grade to ‘good’, in a mixed week for FE and skills providers. “Leaders and staff” at King George V College in Southport, were praised for developing “a positive culture” and for “delivering high-quality teaching, learning and assessment”, in a report published October 12 and based […]

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Outgoing ESFA chief takes “personal responsibility” for Learndirect decisions

The outgoing head of the ESFA has claimed personal responsibility for the decision not to terminate Learndirect’s adult education budget contract after its ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating. Although the DfE’s permanent secretary Jonathan Slater denied at the same meeting that the UK’s largest training provider had been given special treatment, Peter Lauener insisted it had been […]

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Everest trek will fund bursaries at adult education college

A member of staff from London’s Mary Ward Centre is trekking to Everest in an effort to raise money for student bursaries to help people who can’t afford course fees. With a fundraising target of £20,000, Sue Cragg, the head of adult and community education at the adult education college, will walk for 12 days […]

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First T-levels announced by minister

UPDATE, 10am: The T-level action plan has now been published. To read it click here. The first three T-levels have been announced by the education secretary. Qualifications in digital, childcare and education, and construction will be taught by a small number of providers from 2020, according to today’s announcement. The Department for Education’s T-level action […]

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How will EdTech shape the FE sector over the next five years?

Jisc’s head of FE, Paul McKean, digs out his crystal ball for what he reckons is coming to the sector over the next half-decade Our vision for the sector over the five years to 2022 is for FE organisations to become digital by default, supported by a digitally capable workforce that understands the needs of […]

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Suffolk provider successfully contests Ofsted grade 4

A private training provider has successfully overturned an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted judgement after a nine-month battle which even saw inspectors forced to go back and reconsider the grade. WS Training Ltd, a provider based in Suffolk with nearly 1,000 learners, was rated at grade two in 2013 but was reinspected in January this year. FE Week […]

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