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ESFA quietly launches reapplications to ‘tougher’ apprenticeship provider register

The government has begun inviting providers to reapply to its refreshed apprenticeship provider register – with the first group told it must do so by the end of next month or face being kicked off. All 2,571 organisations currently on the register will be segmented into groups and told to reapply throughout this year – […]

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Queen’s New Year honours: Who got what in FE and skills?

Twenty-three leading figures from the FE and skills sector have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year honours, published today. These included one CBE, 10 OBEs, 11 MBEs and one British Empire medal – but no knighthoods or dames. Lynsi Hayward-Smith, a trustee for the Education and Training Foundation, received a CBE in recognition for […]

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2018: The year in FE Week cartoons

As 2018 draws to a close we take a look back at the story of the year, as told through the medium of FE Week’s cartoons. Skills minister Anne Milton and her boss, education secretary Damian Hinds – the stars of the final cartoon of the year – between them racked up the most appearances, […]

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IfA ‘considering’ releasing apprenticeship overspend presentation

The Institute for Apprenticeships is “considering” releasing a presentation given to employers that warned of an imminent apprenticeship overspend. The admission came in a letter, sent today, from its boss Sir Gerry Berragan, in response to a request from shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden. “We are considering the request and will respond as soon as […]

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Seven things we learned from the government’s response to select committee apprenticeships report

The government has today published its response to the education select committee’s report, The apprenticeships ladder of opportunity: quality not quantity”, published in October. Here are seven of the key findings from the response: Discounted transport for apprentices won’t arrive anytime soon Last year the Conservative party’s general election manifesto promised to introduce “significantly discounted […]

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What does the student loan shake-up mean for FE?

How will the changes to how students loans are accounted impact FE funding? Daniel Carr takes a look Earlier this week the Office for National Statistics announced a change to how student and learner loans appear in the national accounts of government spending. While this may sound largely technocratic, the change could have a significant […]

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Pressure mounts on Hinds to explain £500m apprenticeship ‘alleged overspend’

The chair of the influential education select committee has urged the government to be “open and transparent” about a projected £500 million overspend on this year’s £2 billion apprenticeships budget, after the education secretary dodged a question about it in parliament yesterday. Robert Halfon asked Damian Hinds to confirm the figure – first raised by […]

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Why the ESFA wants more apprenticeship providers – despite no starts at over 500 last year

The government’s top apprenticeships civil servant has defended the decision to allow more providers on to the provider register – after FE Week analysis revealed a third already on there aren’t delivering. When asked by this newspaper why the Education and Skills Funding Agency didn’t focus on removing the inactive providers before making the register […]

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Revealed: How two businessmen left a trail of insolvency and debt in the apprenticeship market

A month-long FE Week investigation has uncovered a trail of insolvency and debt left by two businessmen, David Harper and Mark Hargreaves, who’ve created a complex web of companies involving Talent Training and AMS Nationwide which received millions in apprenticeship funding from the government. Questions are now being raised over why a multinational employer, Santander, […]

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