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Even a mastermind would fail to keep up with complex, changing and contradictory subcontracting rules

My specialist subject on Mastermind would be the ESFA funding rules for subcontracting. I can quote documents and paragraphs for every year going back a decade because my business has in part grown by personally delivering commercial training to help colleges and training providers stay on the right side of the increasingly complex and confusing […]

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Gavin Williamson’s vision is a catalyst for international perspective

Of all the words spoken at this week’s Conservative Party Conference, I don’t think any were more powerful or persuasive than those of the UK Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson. Referencing the fact that we have just recently met the 1997 Labour government’s target of 50% of young people going to university, the Secretary of State’s […]

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Minister admits no power to stop Stourbridge College becoming residential flats

An education minister has admitted the government has no power to preserve Stourbridge College’s site for educational use, heightening concern that it could instead become housing. Following an announcement in May that cash-strapped Birmingham Metropolitan College would be selling its site in Stourbridge, its local MP Margot James yesterday led a Westminster Hall debate on […]

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Revealed: The awarding bodies delivering the second wave of T-levels

The awarding organisations that will develop, deliver and award the seven T-levels being rolled out from 2021 are NCFE and City & Guilds, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has announced. NCFE has been awarded contracts worth a combined total of £16.6 million to develop qualifications for digital business services, digital support and services, […]

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Beating Germany needs more than quick fixes

The Secretary of State’s Conservative Party conference speech unveiled an ambition to overtake Germany by 2029 in the technical and vocational education opportunities we offer.  His objective is laudable, but what does it mean, and is it achievable? The first thing to note is that we have been here before.  Since at least the 1880s […]

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T-levels dropped by education secretary’s former sixth form ahead of 2020 launch

The education secretary’s former sixth form college has pulled out of offering two T-level pathways ahead of their launch next year, according to the Department for Education. Officials said today that Scarborough Sixth Form College, where Gavin Williamson studied, will no longer deliver the construction or digital pathways in 2020. They have will also no […]

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Sector reacts to education secretary’s promise to ‘supercharge’ FE

The education secretary Gavin Williamson put FE centre stage during an impassioned speech at the Conservative Party Conference today. While promising to deliver a “revolution” in technical education and pledging to overtake Germany in this area over the next decade, he also unveiled a £120 million boost to open up another eight Institutes of Technology, […]

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Williamson pledges to ‘supercharge’ FE and overtake Germany within a decade

The education secretary has promised to deliver a “revolution in technical education”, and announced a target of overtaking Germany in this area over the next 10 years. Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference this morning, Gavin Williamson said: “I am setting a new target to supercharge further education over the next decade; our aim is […]

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Ofsted watch: Popular Italian restaurant chain served delectable report

A popular Italian restaurant chain has been served a complimentary report by Ofsted during a week of mostly positive reports in the FE sector. Criticism was reserved for an NHS trust in London for its apprenticeship delivery and a private training provider which runs train driver and conductor apprenticeships. The Azzurri Group, a market leader […]

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