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IfATE backtracks on proposal to keep assessment grades secret – but they still won’t be published

The government’s apprenticeships quango has U-turned on plans to grade end-point assessment organisations (EPAOs) without sharing the results with them. However, the information will still be kept a secret from the public, and EPAOs will not be allowed to advertise their ratings unless they’re granted special permission. The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s (IfATE) […]

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Don’t use bid writers, apprentice register re-applicants warned

A senior policy advisor from the Department for Education has warned providers against using external bid writers to apply for a place on the refreshed apprenticeships register. Sheila Sturgeon (pictured), who marks many of the submissions, has also urged applicants to not “nick” policies from other providers and claim it is their own while forgetting […]

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Employers lose £11m apprenticeship levy after missing first monthly deadline

Employers lost access to £11 million of their apprenticeship levy funds in May – the first sun-setting period for the policy, the government has revealed. The amount is 8 per cent of the £135 million they paid in May 2017, which is slightly lower than what officials had previously predicted. As per the levy rules, […]

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Revealed: The first providers added to refreshed apprenticeship register

The first organisations to be added to the government’s refreshed apprenticeship provider register have been revealed. An update to the register of apprenticeship training providers was published today and showed 23 new firms have been enlisted. The number isn’t as high as was expected, and strangely, all of them are only “supporting providers”. FE Week […]

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College leaders unite – all 203 of them – to demand an end to funding bias towards higher education

Every college leader in England has joined forces and written to the chancellor and the education secretary, demanding the implementation of the recommendations of the Augar Review. The lobbying effort by 203 principals, representing two million learners annually and 180,000 staff, has been spearheaded by Oldham College principal Alun Francis. He told FE Week the […]

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Government says they will fail Conservative manifesto commitment to 3 million apprenticeship starts

Education secretary Damian Hinds has admitted the government will miss its target of 3 million apprenticeship starts by next year. The target was set in the Conservatives’ 2015 election manifesto, and also included in the party’s 2017 manifesto. While appearing before the Commons Education Select Committee, its chair Robert Halfon repeatedly pressed Hinds on whether […]

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Apprenticeship quango to introduce secret grading of assessment organisations

Apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations are to be graded by quality assurance providers and given a “risk rating” – but the results won’t be published or made available to them. The move was revealed in the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s new framework published today that “sets the standard” for external quality assurance (EQA). While […]

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Apprenticeships quango reveals extra £40 per learner charge

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education will start charging £40 for every apprenticeship external quality assurance check it does from September. Robert Nitsch, the quangos chief operating officer, told the Association of Employment and Learning Provider’s conference this afternoon that charging for their work, which is currently free, is the “right thing to do”. […]

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Pre-apprenticeship salary cap ‘palatable’ to limit demand, says skills minister

One of most “palatable” decisions the government could make to constrain the apprenticeship budget is introducing a pre-apprenticeship salary cap, the skills minister has said. Anne Milton was quizzed on the future affordability of the programme after what is likely to be her last speech in post, at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers […]

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