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WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence project aims to support 1,000 lecturers

The organisation behind the UK’s performance in international skills competitions is launching the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence project to train around 1,000 FE lecturers. WorldSkills UK has today announced the three-year project backed with £1.5 million from awarding organisation NCFE. Five training managers – fresh off mentoring WorldSkills UK competitors for various skill challenges […]

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Who’s who? Your guide to the new ministerial line-up at the DfE

The remits of the new ministerial team at the Department for Education have been confirmed following Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit reshuffle. For FE, the new line-up includes the first dedicated apprenticeships and skills minister since Anne Milton’s resignation last July. Gavin Williamson remains as education secretary. Here is your guide to the ministers and their responsibilities. […]

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ESFA announce date for full rollout of digital apprenticeship system

All apprenticeship starts will be managed through the government’s digital apprenticeship service from 1 November 2020, the Education and Skills Funding Agency announced today. The transition will bring an end to provider funding allocations, secured through a procurement process, being used to train apprentices with small non-levy paying businesses. Contract extensions for the allocations will […]

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Funding rates could be slashed by over 40% in apprenticeship shake-up

Funding rates for some apprenticeship standards could be cut by almost half under new proposals being put forward by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. A consultation on plans for a “more transparent” system for setting apprenticeship funding rates for standards, based on “independent evidence”, was launched today. But the institute also published an […]

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#BackABid: Momentum building for campaign to bring WorldSkills to UK

Momentum is building behind FE Week’s rally of support for holding the WorldSkills competition in the UK, after a leading employer membership organisation threw its weight behind the movement. The Confederation of British Industry, which has over 700 member companies ranging from Shell to Greggs, has joined the #BackABid campaign, with chief policy officer Matthew […]

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Ofsted watch: Fourth sixth form college makes it to ‘outstanding’ this year

Another sixth form college has received a grade one, making it the fourth such provider to receive the coveted result in 2020. Ashton Sixth Form College improved on the grade two it received before it converted to a 16 to 19 academy in February 2019. Not improving are independent training providers Piper Training and People […]

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Transforming how funding levels are set for training apprentices

The way apprenticeship funding levels are set will be overhauled following complaints from employers. The new chief executive at the organisation tasked with the job has launched a consultation and wants your help designing a ‘more transparent approach’ I am pleased to be able to announce the launch today [24 February] of the Institute’s consultation […]

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Provider pulls out of apprenticeships after second Ofsted mauling

The training arm of an engineering trade association has pulled out of apprenticeships in England after it was slammed by Ofsted for “unacceptable” delivery, for the second time. Piper Training Ltd, part of the building engineering services association (BESA) – which is also an end-point assessment organisation for nine apprenticeship standards, was judged ‘inadequate’ in […]

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Careers advice: Colleges making ‘positive progress’ against Gatsby benchmarks

The Careers and Enterprise Company has released new analysis showing how post-16 providers are faring against the eight Gatsby benchmarks. It is a follow-up to the quango’s “State of the Nation” report put out in September that showed colleges’ and schools’ progress in meeting the markers of excellence in careers guidance had “accelerated”, after they […]

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