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Off-the-job training rule hangs over AELP autumn conference

The government must urgently address employer resistance to the minimum off-the-job training apprenticeship rule, the AELP has said ahead of its autumn conference. This is one of many actions that the association is asking for, to foster a “more flexible” approach to the apprenticeship reforms and make them a success – and something that apprenticeships […]

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Ofsted boss worried about lack of subcontracting inspections

The head of Ofsted has acknowledged MPs’ concerns about how few subcontractors used by FE providers are inspected. Speaking at a meeting of the education select committee today, Amanda Spielman accepted that she had a “number of concerns” about apprenticeship provision, and wanted to ensure that “cowboys”, “sharks” and “bottom feeders” do not take advantage […]

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Breaking: Government to review higher-level technical education

The government will review into higher-level technical education – although it’s not yet clear when this will happen or what it will involve. The review, which will look at all education at levels four and five,  with a particular focus on technical qualifications, aims to address the needs of learners and employers. This will include […]

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Report: Urgent rethink needed on NEETs and SEND learners

The government must rethink how it supports low-achieving, disengaged, and special needs students, as help from local authorities and the European Union continues to diminish. This is one of the main recommendations from the new ‘Educating for our economic future’ report, produced by an independent advisory group of senior figures assembled from the higher and […]

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Search on for top FE leaders to support struggling colleges

High achieving FE leaders are being sought by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to support other colleges in need of improvement. The National Leaders of FE programme, launched today, is part of a package of support for the sector first announced by education secretary Justine Greening in July which also included a £15 million […]

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Principal resigns as college made aware of “allegations of mismanagement”

The principal of Bishop Burton College has resigned amid “allegations of mismanagement”. Jeanette Dawson OBE is understood to have informed the college of her decision over the weekend, and staff have now learned of this. The college, rated ‘good’ by Ofsted in January, provided a full statement this afternoon to FE Week, when asked for […]

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Greening: 61 per cent apprenticeships drop was expected

The government knew apprenticeship starts would drop dramatically after the levy was introduced in May, the education secretary has claimed. Justine Greening was quizzed on the 61 per cent fall in starts since May compared to the same period of time last year, which was revealed in official government statistics earlier this month, during a […]

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Milton only appoints Conservative MPs as apprenticeships ambassadors

Three Conservative MPs have today been named as apprenticeship ambassadors by skills minister Anne Milton. Maria Caulfield, Stephen Metcalfe, Trudy Harrison are all tasked with championing the opportunities and benefits of apprenticeships, to encourage people from all ages and backgrounds to consider taking one up. But it begs the question, why weren’t the appointments cross-party?  […]

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Apprenticeship funding model report provokes dismay

A long-awaited report on whether the government’s forecasting tool to predict apprenticeship starts is working has caused dismay over “seriously flawed” assumptions. Cambridge Econometrics won a £15,000 contract in March to assess the Department for Education’s apprenticeships projection tool, that looks ahead to resulting spending requirements under the new apprenticeship levy-based system. In its tender […]

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