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Rebecca Long-Bailey appointed as Labour’s new shadow education secretary

Rebecca Long-Bailey has been appointed as the shadow education secretary following a Labour Party reshuffle by new leader Keir Starmer. Long-Bailey, the MP for Salford and Eccles, takes over the position from Angela Rayner, who was elected deputy leader and appointed chair of the party over the weekend. Long-Bailey joined parliament in 2015, was previously […]

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DfE ploughs on with plans for T-level launch despite coronavirus concerns

The government is driving forward with plans to launch the first three T-levels from September 2020 despite the disruption being caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. Last month, FE Week revealed that the awarding bodies designing the qualifications had called on ministers to delay their rollout by a year. At the time the Department for Education […]

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Treasury confirms colleges CAN furlough staff

Treasury officials have given colleges the green light to tap into their coronavirus job retention scheme. Speaking to FE Week, a spokesperson said staff who work in areas of a college that are not primarily funded by the government and who cannot be redeployed would be eligible for the scheme. The news will come as […]

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Chief regulator offers ‘reassurance’ over this summer’s GCSE and A-level grades

Ofqual’s chief regulator Sally Collier has “reassured” GCSE and A-level students that the grades they get this summer will look “exactly the same as in previous years”. She has also promised made clear they will have “equal status” with universities, colleges and employers. Here is her message in full:   I understand how unsettling the […]

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Remote assessment guidance too vague and open to malpractice, say awarding bodies

Online assessment will only work for around 40 per cent of apprenticeships and the government’s “vague” guidance in the area opens the market up to “widespread malpractice”, awarding organisations have warned. Last week the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education announced that face-to-face end-point competency assessment can be carried out remotely during the coronavirus pandemic. […]

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University in drive to push MBA apprentice places as government reviews funding

A university is scrambling to recruit MBA apprentices amid the government’s review of the programme’s funding. On Monday the University of Bradford contacted small businesses to insist that “if you’ve ever wanted to do an MBA, now is the time”. An email, seen by FE Week, claims that government has “temporarily opened” the level 7 […]

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Applications to apprenticeship provider register to be suspended

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has today announced they will stop accepting applications to the controversial register of apprenticeship training providers (RoATP). It will close to new bids, including second applications from providers that have already applied in the past 12 months, from 15 April. This will provide “time for applications in progress and […]

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Colleges set to furlough staff through Covid-19 job retention scheme

Colleges across England are identifying staff that could be eligible for an 80 per cent wage subsidy from the Covid-19 job retention scheme, FE Week understands. One principal said they had identified “about 30 staff to furlough on the basis that we’ve lost income from apprenticeships and commercial programmes”. Another said their board had unanimously […]

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Supplier relief: Deal to pay private training providers with no course delivery for next three months

Training providers in the West Midlands will continue to be funded for the next three months irrespective of their recruitment levels, FE Week can reveal. A letter sent last night from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to its adult education budget providers (see links below) said monthly profile payments will be made to providers […]

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