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The Skills and Education Funding Agencies are merging and Peter Lauener is stepping down as boss of both, the government has just confirmed. The moves, which FE Week exclusively revealed would be happening back on March 3, have been announced online by the Department for Education. The new, single body – to be called the […]
News
The government will make a major u-turn over the much-derided condition of funding rule, FE Week can reveal. From August 2015 all 16 to 18-year-old students with a GCSE grade D have had to study and resit the GCSE as part of the condition of funding, rather than a functional skills qualification at level two. But once this policy […]
A who’s who of major FE organisations have thrown their support behind FE Week’s #SaveOurAdultEducation campaign. Big names on the list include the Association of Colleges, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, Learning and Work Institute, and HOLEX. The Labour party also added its backing, while the leader of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron […]
Consultants are raking in thousands of pounds writing bids for training providers desperate to make it onto the new register at the second time of asking. Numerous major apprenticeships providers, including at least 21 colleges with a combined current allocation of £44 million, found themselves left off the register of apprenticeship training providers when it […]
The Learning Curve Group has joined the 13 per cent of organisations in the UK to be awarded the Investors in People gold standard award. The accreditation recognises organisations with good people management and provides resources for businesses to innovate, improve and expand, with a focus on their staff. As part of the award application […]
Bulletin
If employers have to let apprentices out one day a week as the SFA wants, the whole system may grind to a halt, says Chris Taylor The Skills Funding Agency has confirmed its definition of off-the-job requirements for apprenticeships. Apprentices must spend 20 per cent of their contracted work hours, the equivalent of one day […]
Opinion
Apprenticeships might be at the heart of the Government’s industrial strategy, but delays in the register of approved providers raise questions about its vision for the future, says Stephen Evans Having worked in government, I know that the announcement of a policy can seem like the end of the process. An announcement follows a long […]
Ofqual’s chief regulator has said it’s “not irresponsible” for apprenticeships to be launched without an organisation in place to deliver the final exam. Speaking at FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference this morning (March 24), Sally Collier (pictured above) also said she “didn’t know” if having just half of approved standards with end point assessment organisation […]
The vast majority of independent training providers deliver great results for apprentices, writes Bob Watmore The front page lead of last week’s FE Week was understandably sensational about some aspects of the recent register of apprenticeship training providers announcements – namely those experienced providers which didn’t make the list and the inexperienced ones that did. […]
