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Many teachers are unaware of assistive technology for disabled students

Staff lack proper training, and information about assistive technology is hard to navigate, writes Geena Vabulas In an age when digital is no longer optional for finding work, it is crucial that students with special educational needs leave school with the skills and kit necessary for full digital access. This isn’t just about writing a […]

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ESFA pays apprenticeship firm £6m before terminating contract

Owners of a new apprenticeship provider that quickly raked in £6 million have had their contract terminated after hundreds of apprentices were found to be unemployed. Personal Track Safety Ltd, which trades as PTS Training Academy, began recruiting in May 2018 and within two years had started more than 2,500 apprentices in sectors such as […]

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Lowest paid and those with least qualifications most likely to miss out on training, says report

Degree-level learners are over four times more likely to access further training throughout their life than those with no qualifications, a new report has found. ‘Learning at work: Employer investment in skills,’ published today by the Learning and Work Institute, found almost one-third of graduates undertook training in quarter three of 2020, compared to one […]

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Winners of delayed £18m skills bootcamp tender revealed

The training providers and colleges chosen to deliver the remaining national skills bootcamp programmes have finally been named. FE Week can today reveal that 24 organisations have won funding in the government’s £18 million tender. Among them are 13 independent providers, six colleges, four mayoral combined authorities or local enterprise partnerships, and one university. FE […]

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‘Important’ new FE data collection will start this month

A workforce data collection “project” for the further education sector promised in the skills for jobs white paper will start this month, it has been announced. In a letter to FE providers published today, apprenticeships and skills minister Gillian Keegan wrote the data collection will open on 12 July for eight weeks. “I want to underline the […]

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This is why a ‘digital Baker clause’ is needed

Students will expect to access all the information about their future options in one place online, writes Katie Bell This week, the education select committee recommended that schools be limited to a ‘requires improvement’ grade if they do not allow training providers to speak to learners. It’s an effort to ensure they are in line […]

Opinion

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 358

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Lesley Shepperson, Trustee, VTCT Start date: June 2021 Concurrent job: Managing director, Shepperson and Shepperson Consultants Ltd Interesting fact: She has been wild camping on a bike in South Island, New Zealand. Katy Quinn, Trustee, VTCT Start date: June 2021 Concurrent job: Principal, Strode College Interesting […]

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DfE goes back out to advert for Skills Reform Board chair

The government is struggling to find candidates to chair a “key” new board that will oversee skills reforms. The Skills Reform Board was formed in March 2021 in the wake of the publication of the Skills for Jobs white paper and prime minister Boris Johnson’s announcement of a lifetime skills guarantee. The board is made […]

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Sector leaders warn of ‘barmy’ delays to 16-18 traineeship expansion

Providers are being blocked from offering traineeships to 16- to 18-year-olds as the government drags its feet on a “market entry exercise” that was promised last October. Sector leaders are warning that the issue, described as “barmy”, will put the nail in the coffin of chancellor Rishi Sunak’s target to triple the number of starts […]

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