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Don’t judge UTCs by school standards

UTCs perform a valuable function – don’t write off the whole enterprise based on misleading statistical comparisons with schools, says Nick Crew. The success of University Technical Colleges has been called into question lately, with several closing down, and even Michael Gove, who introduced them, weighing in to label them a failure. Yet UTCs perform […]

Opinion

Employers in three sectors to grade their own apprentices

Employers in the retail, hospitality and travel sectors are actively preparing to exploit a loophole that will allow them to grade their own apprentices, FE Week can exclusively reveal. Our findings have caused concerns that the independence of end-point assessments is being seriously compromised. The rules, which will be upheld by the new Institute for […]

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SFA close achievement rate “loophole” that boosted some provider rates by more than 20 percent

The Department for Education has admitted to a “loophole” in the Skills Funding Agency qualification achievement rate calculation, which until now “artificially” boosted the rate for around 10 per cent of providers. In some cases, providers benefited by more than 20 QAR percentage points. Figures published on February 16 in the updated January Statistical First […]

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Apprenticeship funding, apprenticeship providers and the levy: key documentation

In case you were in any doubt, the reforms to the apprenticeship system are complex. You might think that there would be one single place that you could access to get all the information you would need, but there isn’t (unless you include gov.uk but not all the documents are on one page or even […]

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‘Good’ Ofsted report finally unveiled for recently incorporated FE college, after 90-day wait

Questions surround why publication of a ‘good’-overall Ofsted report was delayed until 90-days after the recently created FE college was inspected. The report on Basildon-based Prospects College of Advanced Technology was published this morning, after it was inspected between November 15 and 18 last year. Its performance is of key interest to the government and wider […]

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We need a proper framework for apprenticeships

With just weeks to go before the apprenticeship levy and the apprenticeship standards come on line, we are in urgent need of a proper regulatory framework, says Graham Hasting-Evans The government has made it clear the Institute for Apprenticeships is to be a regulatory body for two critical parts of our new skills system. But […]

Opinion

Colleges stand by multi-million pound subcontractor despite insolvency issues

Three colleges have insisted they will stand by a multi-million pound subcontractor, despite it entering into insolvency arrangements. JTJ Workplace Solutions Limited owed more than £500,000 to HM Revenue and Customs, and £246,000 to Pearson. This is according to the report of a meeting approving it entering into a corporate voluntary arrangement, published on Companies […]

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Minister backs early years educator u-turn as sector made to wait by PM’s office

A government u-turn on GCSE requirements for early years educator apprenticeships has the backing of the secretary of state for women, equalities and early years, but FE Week understands the final government decision is being delayed by the Prime Minister’s office. Caroline Dinenage (pictured above) is understood to have pushed schools minister Nick Gibb to […]

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Third of employers paying levy in April don’t know it exists yet, according to new report

A third of employers who will have to pay the new apprenticeship levy from April are not even aware it exists, a worrying new survey report has shown. City & Guilds has today published the results of a poll with 500 senior decision makers on their knowledge of the imminent apprenticeship reforms, carried out last November […]

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