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Second pilot phase of skills boot camps launched ahead of national rollout

The government’s skills “boot camps” have moved into their second pilot phase ahead of plans for a countrywide rollout backed by £43 million from the new National Skills Fund. Colleges and training providers began recruiting earlier this month for the next set of the 12- to 16-week courses, which have been expanded to tackle not […]

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£125m promised FE funding delayed

Promised investment in skills training has been questioned after FE Week discovered £125 million of FE funding has been delayed by at least a year. The Conservative Party manifesto pledged a new National Skills Fund (NSF) with £500 million being made available in each of the next five years in England from 2021/22, but last […]

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Behind the news: How a company illegally marketed a 14-day ‘apprenticeship’, and what happened next

As most in the sector will know, calling a training programme an “apprenticeship” if it is not government-backed became illegal under the Enterprise Act 2016. Then skills minister Nick Boles said at the time it would give officials power to take action in such cases as “we don’t want their status to be undermined by […]

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Third apprenticeship rate consultation as ESFA considers changes to eligible cost rules

The current apprenticeships rate review is set to undergo its third consultation as the Education and Skills Funding Agency steps in to consider changes to its eligible costs policy. The agency is expected to launch a review of its rules that decide what costs count towards apprenticeship training tomorrow – inviting 600 organisation to take […]

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Introducing…David Phoenix

David Phoenix, a scientist who heads a group bringing together FE, HE and academies, shows why experimenting with a new model is critical for technical education  Quite how long education secretaries in England have been banging on about “breaking down” the divisions between technical and academic education and their respective sectors is anyone’s guess. At […]

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In conversation with Paul Joyce about Ofsted’s 2019/20 annual report

Ofsted published its annual report for 2019/20 last week, and while chief inspector Amanda Spielman chose not to use any of her speech to talk about the sector, deputy director for FE and skills Paul Joyce was on hand to catch us up on developments. Here are four key points from FE Week’s interview with […]

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AoC recommends ‘disappointing’ 1% college staff pay rise

College staff should receive a 1 per cent pay rise this year, the Association of Colleges has recommended in a move that has outraged trade unions. In a statement published today, the membership body said it was “disappointing and regrettable that the sector is unable to afford a better offer at this time” but that […]

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DfE WILL share 2020/21 achievement rates with Ofsted

For a second year the critical qualification achievement rates (QAR) for providers will not be published, but unlike last year the data will be privately shared with Ofsted. The inspectorate will again be able to use the QAR data in their inspection judgements as well as being central to their published ‘risk-assessment-methodology’ when deciding which […]

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No full Ofsted return until summer 2021

Full graded Ofsted inspections will not return until the summer term, the government has announced. But monitoring visits, including to those with grade three and four ratings and new apprenticeship providers, will resume in January. Ofsted said FE providers that do not receive a monitoring visit “may receive support and assurance visits”, which will result […]

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