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DfE and quangos shun NUS – but will FE notice?

The union’s engagement on FE issues is already minimal

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Apprentice pay: ‘£4.81 an hour isn’t enough to live on. It’s crippling.’

Low-paid apprenticeships are becoming ‘unaffordable’ for learners and are contributing to low take-up, according to providers.

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Winners of inaugural apprenticeship assessment awards revealed

Federation of Awarding Bodies chief executive Tom Bewick said the awards marked a “crucial point” when the majority of EPAOs in the marketplace are now being properly regulated by Ofqual

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MPs call for overhaul of prisoner education assessments and in-cell laptops for learning

In a new report, the House of Commons education select committee highlighted what it called the ‘cracks in a clunky, chaotic, disjointed system’

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Expand skills minister role to tackle youth unemployment crisis, says report

EDSK’s paper said that on current trends it will take over 150 years before there are no longer any young people who are ‘not in education, employment or training’

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Three colleges remain ‘outstanding’ more than a decade after last Ofsted visits 

This week Ofsted published the results of new inspections and found that standards at the three colleges had not slipped, despite the long period of time between inspections

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CMI earns record turnover as management apprenticeships soar despite pandemic

End-point assessment ‘is now a significant contributor to income’ for the charity

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ESFA buckles to sector pressure on ‘unfair’ apprenticeship drop-out rule

A threshold for withdrawals that triggers ‘enhanced monitoring’ has been significantly increased

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Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith, chair, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith, who became chair of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in August, is overseeing 280 staff and huge responsibilities. What makes her tick? Jess Staufenberg finds out  Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith is telling me a story. She remembers being chief executive of Mitie, a facilities management outsourcing company, and talking to a […]

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