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Universal credit rules hold people back from training, warns report

Universal credit rules are excluding people from training and must be scrapped if the government is serious about its levelling up agenda, according to a new report. The Association of Colleges has today accused policy-makers of creating an “education vs work” divide. In a report titled ‘Let Them Learn: Further education colleges’ support for the […]

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Keegan stands firm on keeping levy funding for apprenticeships

The skills minister has restated her stance that apprenticeship levy funding should only be used for apprenticeships, insisting it has proven to be the best way to build a “solid” skills pipeline. Gillian Keegan’s comments, made on the second day of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers national conference, deals a blow to the […]

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Government careers agency bemoans lack of Baker Clause compliance

The head of the government’s careers quango has bemoaned how independent providers have not been given enough access to schools to talk up technical education. Speaking at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers national conference today, Oli de Botton (pictured, right) committed the Careers and Enterprise Company to this year making sure more students […]

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AELP conference to warn against new ‘costly’ list of independent training providers

Training providers will this week warn against new legislation in the Skills Bill that they fear will impose “costly bureaucracy” on the sector. At its annual conference, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) will highlight an unexpected set of conditions required of independent training providers to be on a new government list of […]

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Land-based colleges lose millions in commercial income

From the drop in the price of cream to zero weddings, the land-based colleges sector has lost millions of pounds. But innovation is still happening, reports Jess Staufenberg At Wiltshire College the plans for a new, robotic dairy farm had been in place for three years when lockdown hit. It is an extraordinary piece of […]

Feature, News, Land-based, Long read

How the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is growing in stature

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is “looking forward to playing an even bigger role” following the publication of the Skills Bill. But how will the quango change its operation going forward? Billy Camden explores   Launched in 2017 to spearhead the government’s apprenticeship reforms, the then-known Institute for Apprenticeships has seen its responsibilities […]

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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 355

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Vicki Stott, Chief executive, QAA Start date: October 2021 Previous job: Executive director of operations and deputy chief executive, QAA Interesting fact: She is a “keen” runner and during lockdown last summer, she ran 1,000 miles in a virtual race across Tennessee (and so put more […]

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Legal apprentice provider penalised by watchdog

A leading commercial training provider for the legal profession has been reprimanded by Ofsted for being too “inexperienced” to deliver high-quality apprenticeships. Datalaw Limited, which has provided professional development for law firms for more than 20 years, made “insufficient progress” in two areas of a new provider monitoring visit conducted last month. The company moved […]

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Boost to employer cash incentives for T Level industry placements

The government has temporarily upped the cash incentives for employers running T Level industry placements to £1,000. It comes as the Department for Education has become increasingly concerned with convincing businesses to host students for the 315-hour or 45-day placements. Employers running placements in 2020/21, the first year of the flagship qualifications’ roll-out, were gifted […]

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