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Switching off frameworks before standard ready is ‘right decision’, says IfATE boss

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education fully backed the ministerial decision to stick with the switch-off date for starts on frameworks, even in sectors where there is no viable replacement standard ready. Jennifer Coupland, chief executive of the apprenticeship quango, told an FE Week webcast today that ruling out an extension to the July […]

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DfE seeks 16 senior policy advisers ahead of FE ‘revolution’

The Department for Education is drafting in a group of new policy experts as it gears up for “revolutionary” changes in FE. Job adverts for 16 senior advisers to “craft a wide range of policies” within the department’s “higher and further education group” are currently live with annual salaries ranging from £49,000 to £60,000. It […]

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Sally Dicketts announced as AoC president-elect

The chief executive of one of England’s largest college groups has been announced as the next president of the Association of Colleges. Sally Dicketts, who heads up Activate Learning, will take over the role from Steve Frampton on August 1 when his two-year tenure is up. She said she was “delighted” to be appointed and […]

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‘A very different September’ debated by roundtable of experts

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a great deal of disruption across education, including cancelled exams and campus closures to most learners, the impact of which is expected to be felt into the next academic year and likely beyond. Education leaders and policy experts discussed the anticipated ongoing impact on 16-to-24- year-olds, adult learners and apprenticeships […]

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Terminated: ESFA bin apprenticeship providers for low achievement rates

Apprenticeship providers have been left shocked after the Education and Skills Funding Agency ignored their own coronavirus deferral policy and sent out contract termination letters, FE Week can reveal.  The business-ending intervention for failing the minimum standards for achievement rates comes just weeks after the ESFA wrote to providers claiming they would postpone decisions until […]

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The prime minister’s ‘apprenticeship guarantee’: over-optimistic or visionary?

Two regular commentators on vocational education policy who now work at the same consultancy firm take opposing sides over whether it is in the government’s gift to guarantee a young person an apprenticeship…   Possible? No Jonathan Simons, Director of education, Public First An apprenticeship is a protected term in law. It means that someone […]

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FE’s fight to tackle hate crime

Hate crimes in colleges have almost tripled in four years as leaders seek to raise awareness in light of a national spike since the coronavirus outbreak. The data obtained via Freedom of Information requests by FE Week from 23 of the 39 police forces in England reveal that 460 offences were recorded in colleges between […]

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Labour ‘concerned’ and brand promise of an apprenticeship guarantee a ‘deception’

Labour’s shadow apprenticeships minister has branded the prime minister’s “apprenticeship guarantee” proposal a “deception”. Toby Perkins told FE Week he was “concerned” that young people were being given “false reassurance” by Boris Johnson at a time when they are facing “a very difficult job market”. His comments come a day after Johnson told the nation […]

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Did the Prime Minister promise an ‘apprenticeship guarantee’? This is why it is needed post Covid-19

Prime minister Boris Johnson last night told the nation that young people “should be guaranteed an apprenticeship” as part of the country’s recovery from Covid-19. Robert Halfon, who first proposed the idea, explains how this radical measure is a chance to re-establish a ladder of opportunity   Last week I raised with the prime minister […]

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