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Frustration as 5% tolerance on English and maths extended indefinitely

The five-per-cent tolerance on the notorious English and maths condition of funding rule will apply “until further notice”, the Department for Education has said today – but exasperated sector leaders want the policy to be scrapped altogether. The rule states that any 16- to 18-year-old student who does not have at least a C, or […]

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First City Training slumps to ‘inadequate’

A health and social care training provider has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted in a report that warns of “weak” management of apprenticeships. The report out today on First City Training said it was not doing enough to improve the learning and training experience of students, and its apprenticeship provision came in for heavy criticism. […]

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New senior role for former SFA boss after Positive Outcomes disaster

A former Skills Funding Agency boss will take over as chair of the work-based learning specialist JTL, nine months after another major provider he had been overseeing went into administration. Geoff Russell will take over from Dr Ian Livsey when his term in office ends in December. Mr Russell, who was chair of major Derbyshire-based […]

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Manchester starts tumble by over a third, post-levy

Apprenticeship starts in one of England’s largest cities have shown a “notable and significant decline” since the introduction of the levy, according to local training providers. A total of 50 “established and reputable apprenticeship providers with a strong track record of apprenticeship delivery” completed the Greater Manchester Learning Provider Network apprenticeship impact survey, which compared […]

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WorldSkills 2017: Team UK given send-off at Parliament

Thirty-four of the UK’s most gifted young tradespeople were told that the country “desperately” needs their “skills and inspiration” during a special send-off event ahead of the WorldSkills 2017 competition in Westminster today. Anne Milton delivered a passionate keynote speech to the competitors in Team UK flying out to Abu Dhabi tomorrow. The apprenticeships and […]

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Exclusive: T-level priority panel chairs revealed

The chairs of the first six T-level panels have been announced by the Department for Education. Fifteen names of people who will chair and co-chair the so-called “priority” panels were published this morning, alongside details of the first three subjects that will be delivered by 2020, and the T-level action plan. But that information did not […]

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How will EdTech shape the FE sector over the next five years?

Jisc’s head of FE, Paul McKean, digs out his crystal ball for what he reckons is coming to the sector over the next half-decade Our vision for the sector over the five years to 2022 is for FE organisations to become digital by default, supported by a digitally capable workforce that understands the needs of […]

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BAE Systems: Apprenticeships safe from mass job losses

Britain’s biggest defence manufacturer has promised that its apprenticeship programme will not be affected by today’s announcement that it is cutting nearly 2,000. BAE Systems, which among other major contracts makes Britain’s nuclear submarines and Eurofighter Typhoon jets (pictured), announced that job losses would be made at its centres across much of the country. It […]

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Greening opens National College for High Speed Rail

The new National College for High Speed Rail was officially launched by the education secretary yesterday. The college, which has taken on its first cohort of apprentices, is the third of five government-backed national colleges to fully open. Justine Greening was full of enthusiasm at the official launch. “It is part of how we are steadily […]

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