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The Queen’s Speech is welcome – but passing legislation is only the first step

Following the Queen’s Speech, there are a number of issues to keep an eye on when the Skills Bill arrives, writes Aveek Bhattacharya In one sense, not much has changed in terms of government FE and adult education policy as a result of the Queen’s speech. Last July, in a speech to the Social Market […]

Opinion

Use Ofsted and ESFA to slow apprenticeship provider growth if things are going wrong

Restrict the funding new apprenticeship providers can initially access and use recognised milestones to help prevent failure, writes Jane Hickie The Skills for Jobs white paper was a good opportunity to run a stock-take on where we are in terms of protecting apprentices and other learners in the FE system when things go wrong. It […]

Opinion

College forced to close following Covid-19 outbreak

A college has been forced to close its campus following an outbreak of Covid-19, involving the so-called “Indian variant”, and has moved its provision online for the next ten days. Runshaw College told staff and students yesterday to stay home until 17 May following talks with Public Health England. The Lancashire Post news website is […]

News, Covid-19

ESFA boss threatens to put scandal hit college into administration

A college is being threatened with education administration following a £20 million apprenticeship subcontracting scandal, FE Week understands. Brooklands College has failed to file accounts for the past two years amid an ongoing clawback dispute with the Education and Skills Funding Agency and budgetary pressures. Andrew Baird, one of the government’s paid national leaders of […]

News

Ofsted slams safeguarding failings at apprenticeship giant

One of England’s largest training providers has been rapped by Ofsted for serious safeguarding failures in its early years provision. The watchdog also claims the company, part of a global venture capital firm incorporated in the US, is under investigation by another agency. Ofsted’s announced safeguarding inspection of GP Strategies Training took place in February […]

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Highlights from Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2021

The seventh Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) was like none before – literally – as we swapped the two-day in-person event at Birmingham’s ICC for a five-day virtual conference due to Covid-19. Despite putting a stop to face-to-face events, the pandemic did not falter the occasion. Across the week, the conference had over 1,500 apprenticeship employers […]

News, Supplements, Apprenticeships, Supplement

Digital degree apprenticeship review outcome kicked into long grass

A decision on whether one of England’s most popular apprenticeships can keep its degree element has been kicked into the long grass. The level 6 digital technology solutions professional integrated degree standard is set for change under the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s route review process. A revised version of the apprenticeship was supposed […]

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Focus: Do employers set the bar too high for entry criteria to apprenticeships?

Employers are allowed to set their own entry criteria for apprenticeships, even though officially, no formal qualifications are needed. When is the bar being set too high? asks Jess Staufenberg The government has two favourite phrases for its ambitions in further education, and for apprenticeships in particular.   The first is ‘employer-led’. The term, bandied […]

Feature, News, Apprenticeships, Long read

AAC | Deep Dive Debates: Levy, Green Skills, EPAO, Standards and Learning Technology

During this year’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference, sector leaders and experts came together for a daily roundtable discussion about an area of apprenticeship policy. AAC’s Deep Dive Debates were held in partnership with key conference partners and made available to view for free (see below). Across the Conference week five debates were staged: Is the levy […]

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