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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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HE admissions service to ‘act as a digital Baker Clause’

UCAS has pledged to act as a “digital Baker Clause” and reform its service to be “as strong for would-be apprentices as it is for prospective undergraduates”. In a report published today, the universities admissions service warns that one-third of students are not told about apprenticeships despite this being a legal requirement for schools. And […]

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Prison education: 5 things we learned from today’s education committee hearing

The Commons’ education select committee heard from expert witnesses and two sector leaders today as part of its ongoing inquiry into prison education. The inquiry is intended to review current arrangements for learners in custody, including what barriers exist to delivering apprenticeships. In the first of two sessions, MPs heard from NACRO’s director of education […]

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Ofsted finds apprentices without jobs at provider

Ofsted has chastised an online training provider after finding cases where, “in contrast to the records held”, apprentices did not have jobs. Applied Business Academy Limited (ABA) claimed it was an “isolated incident” but was also called out for poor safeguarding, after the watchdog discovered the provider did not know at least one of their […]

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‘Middle-class grab’ on apprenticeships confirmed by new analysis

The apprenticeship reforms are increasingly disadvantaging people from low-income areas, new FE Week analysis has revealed. Since the new-style employer-led standards were first introduced in 2015, latest government figures show there has not only been a decline in starts, but also a far smaller percentage of them are from those living in the most deprived areas. […]

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