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Boris Johnson: ‘It’s vital we invest now in FE and skills’

Boris Johnson has said it is “vital” the government invests “now” in further education and skills, and has promised to make this a “priority”. He made the statement in answer to a question from ex-skills minister Anne Milton during his first appearance in the Commons as prime minister this afternoon. Milton asked Johnson: “Would my […]

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Gavin Williamson becomes new education secretary

Gavin Williamson has been appointed the new education secretary, replacing Damian Hinds who was sacked earlier this evening. A former defence secretary in Theresa May’s government, Williamson has been the MP for South Staffordshire since 2010. He was educated at a comprehensive, before taking his A-levels at Scarborough Sixth Form College. He has previously spoken […]

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Monthly apprenticeships update: April starts up 3% on last year but May stays static

Apprenticeship starts for the period August 2018 to May 2019 are up 7 per cent on the previous year, but 26 per cent down for the same period in 2016/17 – the year before the levy reforms were introduced. Monthly provisional figures for both April and May 2019 were published by the Department for Education […]

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Cabinet reshuffle: Education secretary Damian Hinds out

Damian Hinds has lost his job as education secretary, following skills minister Anne Milton out the door, as new prime minister Boris Johnson puts his cabinet together. He announced the news on Twitter: “It has been the greatest privilege to serve as education secretary. “Thank you to the brilliant team at @educationgovuk. And thank you […]

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Skills minister Anne Milton resigns

Apprenticeships and skills minister Anne Milton has resigned from government. She announced the move on Twitter ahead of the appointment of a new prime minister today, and cited her “grave concerns about leaving the EU without a deal” in her letter of resignation. “Having abstained in the vote last week, today I have resigned from […]

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The 11 things we learned from the DfE’s and ESFA’s 2018-19 accounts

Both the Department for Education and Education and Skills Funding Agency have today published their annual accounts for 2018-19, revealing huge college write-offs, rising fraud allegations and an increase in civil servant bonuses. FE Week has trawled through both documents and pulled out the main findings:   1. Nearly £60m in loan write-offs for colleges […]

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DfE confirms popular BTECs amongst qualifications facing funding axe

More than 160 “duplicate qualifications” at level 3 and below will have their funding removed from August 2020 – including 76 BTECs, the education secretary confirmed today. The government will also stop any new qualification at those levels from getting approval for funding from 2020. It is part of a crack down on “poor quality […]

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Ofsted watch: Unimpressive week for new private providers

Five early monitoring reports for independent providers returned ‘insufficient’ ratings this week, with Ofsted finding some have not recruited with “integrity” and another had learners unaware they’re on an apprenticeship. It was also bad news for a local authority which was downgraded to ‘inadequate’. There was, however, promising results for colleges. The grade four came […]

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Six things we learned from the IfATE’s 2018/19 accounts

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has today published its annual accounts for 2018/19. This is only the second year of the institute’s existence and the report comes shortly after it took on responsibility for T-levels. Here are six things we learned from the accounts. Staff headcount has increased to nearly 150 The number […]

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