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Ofsted watch: College making ‘reasonable progress’ since going into administration

West Kent and Ashford College has scored well in its first Ofsted monitoring visit since it went into administration, in what was a mixed week for FE providers. The college, which followed its sister college Hadlow to become the second provider to fall under the new insolvency regime in August, received ‘reasonable progress’ ratings across […]

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Apprentices’ concerns are still not being heard, admits DfE

Apprentices are struggling to raise concerns about poor training, the Department for Education has found, while their tool allowing learners to give feedback is stuck in development. An internal ‘Discovery’ project is currently being run by the DfE, which has asked apprentices what they consider “most important for successful completion and what drives their satisfaction”. […]

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OfS urged to ‘get a move on’ and inspect apprenticeship quality

A former adviser to the minister for higher education has expressed “concern” that dozens of providers delivering level 6 and 7 apprenticeships are still going without inspection more than four years after the courses began. In June the Office for Students was given responsibility for overseeing this provision at all training firms, even if they […]

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FAB award winners 2019 unveiled

A provider of British Sign Language qualifications and an engineering awarding organisation are among the winners of this year’s Federation of Awarding Bodies’ awards. FAB’s fifth celebration of the awarding and assessment sector was a glitzy ceremony in Leicester, attended by over 230 experts in awarding and assessment. Chief executive of FAB Tom Bewick said […]

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Can Gavin Williamson avoid falling into the ongoing NEET trap?

Looking to the national future is a nightmare at the best of times for politicians, let alone in this troubled period, but Gavin Williamson has done just that. Samantha Windett wonders whether he walked into a trap This year’s party conference season has been somewhat overshadowed by the Supreme Court, a potential autumn election and […]

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Monthly apprenticeships update: July starts up just 2% on last year

Apprenticeship starts for the month of July 2019 are up just 2 per cent on the previous year and 5 per cent higher for the full year. The figures published this morning show 25,700 starts in July compared to 25,200 the previous year. Provisional starts for the full 2018/19 year are 21 per cent down […]

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FAB chair to make 5 wishes to education secretary

Federation of Awarding Bodies chair Paul Eeles will make five wishes to education secretary Gavin Williamson at the membership organisation’s annual conference today. His first request will be the return of a dedicated skills and apprenticeships minister. After Anne Milton quit the role ahead of Boris Johnson becoming prime minister, the FE and skills brief […]

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Fourth content review of apprenticeship standards launched

Apprenticeships covering agriculture, environment and animal care will be probed by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in its fourth route review. Eleven of the standards, including arborist, forest operative and golf greenkeeper, will be reviewed in total, and there will be a supporting eight-week consultation, running from today until 4 December. The institute’s […]

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Ofsted comes down hard on UK’s leading firm of financial compliance advisers

A company claiming to be the UK’s largest compliance support and business consultancy provider for financial services has been rapped by Ofsted. New Model Business Academy (NMBA), the not-for-profit training arm of SimplyBiz, has made ‘insufficient progress’ in two areas of its provision to 113 apprentices on level 4 financial adviser and paraplanner standards, during […]

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