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The 8 concerns researchers found at approved T-level providers

The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has today published its second research report into T-levels. It follows a roundtable event in October which included six providers due to deliver the new qualifications from September 2020, as well as government and sector body representatives. The first report, published in June, was based on interviews with half […]

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Pearson launches new Learning Hub

Pearson has launched its latest digital venture in the form of a brand-new Learning Hub. Pearson Learning Hub, which launched last month, is currently in its pilot state. Initially offering 13 behaviour modules to improve learners’ understanding and skills in areas such as decision-making and commercial awareness, the hub also offers a learning programme for […]

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Ofsted watch: 4 ‘insufficient progress’ verdicts in mixed week for FE

A software firm and three providers working in the care sector have been heavily criticised by Ofsted, in a mixed week for FE providers. Genius Software Solutions Limited was one of two new private providers to be awarded three out of three ‘insufficient progress’ grades in early monitoring reports. The education watchdog found its apprenticeships […]

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Marsden in a fight to survive as an MP

One of the most prominent and long-standing further education representatives in the House of Commons is battling to save his seat in next week’s general election. YouGov has predicted shadow further and higher education minister Gordon Marsden will be unseated in Blackpool South, a constituency he has represented for Labour since 1997. The pollster’s Multi-level […]

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Pledge to ‘reverse privatisation’ in FE clarified by shadow minister

Labour will not prevent independent providers from accessing public funding if the party wins next week’s general election, even though its manifesto pledged to “reverse the privatisation” of FE. And nor does it want to “dictate the management of colleges or bring them under new forms of control”, the shadow skills minister insisted this week. […]

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T-levels aren’t just about economic sense but social justice too

While T-levels have suffered criticism and setbacks, the UK government’s plan to revolutionise vocational education can benefit employers and students alike. I should know, writes Alfie Earlam, I’m one of the few lucky students trialling them and I couldn’t be happier T-levels will be introduced in autumn 2020, replacing a wide range of qualifications. In […]

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Profile: Corrina Hembury

Corrina Hembury has seen it all: Jess Staufenberg meets the training provider managing director who started as an apprentice Corrina Hembury “started everything young”. She began teaching at 19, got married the same year and was a qualified teacher by 21. Despite “loving school”, she only managed half a term of sixth form before switching […]

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IFS warns FE funding pledges may lead to fraud and poor value for money

The “extremely large” rises in adult education spending proposed by Labour and the Liberal Democrats open up “genuine risks” to fraud and poor value for money, a think-tank has warned. A new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has analysed the FE pledges from the three main political parties ahead of next week’s general […]

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Ofsted finds ‘many’ employers did not know staff were apprentices

“Many” employers working with a new independent provider for the care sector did not know their staff were on apprenticeships, Ofsted has found. Care Assessment Training Services was deemed to have a made ‘insufficient progress’ in two areas of an early monitoring visit for a host of issues with its provision to 102 apprentices. The […]

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