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Prioritise investment in level 2 qualifications, new report urges

Government ought to invest in upskilling people on to level 2 qualifications or apprenticeships as a priority, a new report has recommended. Close the Gap, a wide-ranging report joint authored by awarding bodies NOCN and City & Guilds, says the investment is necessary to provide a stepping stone to the next level for learners at […]

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Community and culture come first in Norwich

Many leaders wrestle with the challenge of building an effective and coherent team. At City College Norwich, JL Dutaut finds that Corrienne Peasgood has not so much built one as grown one. Decisions can feel like a high-wire act when you’re in a position of responsibility. Mistakes are visible, and inevitable. “There have to be […]

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The government must take steps to reform the apprenticeship levy

Government policy on apprenticeships is not working as intended, says John Cope. What’s needed is further (and urgent) reform Employers invest more than £44 billion a year in training and are, more than ever, passionate supporters of apprenticeships. They all agree that the apprenticeship levy helps to plug skills gaps, especially given the focus on […]

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Flagship national college plans to ‘dissolve’ despite DfE bailouts

One of the five government flagship national colleges plans to “dissolve” and hand over its courses to a college and private training provider after failing to recruit enough students, FE Week can reveal. National College Creative Industries was set up in 2016 with £5.5 million of government funding, and despite bailouts to stay afloat is […]

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ESFA ignored whistleblower nearly two years before FE Week exposé

A whistleblower reported the £20 million Brooklands College subcontracting scandal to the Education and Skills Funding Agency in 2017 but no action was taken until FE Week exposed it nearly two years later. Former chancellor Philip Hammond, who is the MP for the constituency the college is based in, said the revelation was “very concerning” […]

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Colleges still £1.1bn short since 2010 despite chancellor’s boost, IFS finds

Colleges and sixth forms will need an extra £1.1 billion on top of the government’s recently announced spending boost to fully reverse cuts since 2010, new research has found. This increases to £1.4 billion to “ensure that spending on T-levels is additional to an unchanged level of spending per student”, according to the Institute for […]

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ESFA seeking views on Brexit readiness among FE providers

Colleges and training providers are being asked how prepared they are for Brexit by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. The latest update from the agency, published today, asks FE providers to complete a survey on their level of “readiness and confidence” ahead of the UK’s planned departure from the EU. “The results from these […]

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Apprentices put on ‘unpaid leave’ during training, Ofsted finds at provider

Apprentices at an employer provider are expected to be on unpaid leave for two months during a business shutdown while still on their training programme, Ofsted has found. Outdoor learning business Kingswood Learning and Leisure Group will likely be suspended from new starts after the early monitoring visit found it had made ‘insufficient progress’ in […]

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DfE exceeds 2.3% public sector apprenticeships target – again

The Department for Education has surpassed the government’s public sector target for recruiting apprentices for the second year in a row, the education secretary has claimed. Ever since the apprenticeship levy was launched in April 2017, public-sector bodies with 250 or more employees have been set a target of employing at least 2.3 per cent […]

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