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The FE Week Podcast: Adult training reforms, degree apprenticeships and the new shadow education secretary

In this episode, Shane is joined by Mary Curnock Cook, chair of Pearson and former chief executive at UCAS, Eddie Playfair at the Association of Colleges and Asfa Sohail, principal at Lewisham College. Are adult training reforms happening fast enough? Are universities struggling to deliver degree apprenticeships? And with a new shadow education secretary, what […]

Opinion, Podcasts, Podcasts, FE Week Podcast

Top civil servant offers reassurance to T Level students unable to find placements

The DfE has insisted all T Level students will complete the majority of their placement

News, T Levels

Employer-led skills bodies must be open to scrutiny

Conservative ministers have had to defend against Labour questions around new powers for employers in directing provision

Opinion, Skills reform

NHS called on to aid T Level placements crisis

Colleges running digital T Levels are facing challenges in finding placements with employers

News, T Levels

New shadow ed sec to push Zahawi on Omicron plans

The new shadow education secretary has requested an “urgent briefing” from her opposite number Nadhim Zahawi about how government will respond to the Omicron variant’s impact on education. Bridget Phillipson was appointed on Monday to replace Kate Green in a reshuffle by Sir Keir Starmer of his frontbench team. In her first interview, she told […]

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Move into apprenticeships loses university’s ‘outstanding’ ranking

A university has lost its ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade following a move into the apprenticeships market. Kingston University dropped to ‘good’ in its first visit from the watchdog since 2015. Grade one education providers are being inspected this term for the first time since 2010, after an exemption was removed last year. This week’s report for […]

News, Ofsted

‘Inconsistent quality’ of degree apprenticeships at university slammed

The courses suffer because they are managed within individual faculties, according to Ofsted

News, Ofsted

Winners of the 2021 National Apprenticeship Awards revealed

‘Dedicated’ apprentices and leading employers have been handed gongs

News, Apprenticeships

Who is Bridget Phillipson? 8 facts about the new shadow education secretary

Labour has a new education lead following a reshuffle

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