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First college outstanding Ofsted rating awarded under CIF

A college in Cornwall has become the first to be rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted since the introduction of the Common Inspection Framework (CIF) in September. The education watchdog’s report on Truro and Penwith College (TPC), published today, was full of praise for the college, rating it grade one ‘outstanding’ overall. Ofsted returned the highest possible […]

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Apprenticeship levy funding pot predictions cut by £100m a year

The amount of money the apprenticeship levy is expected to raise has already fallen by £100m for each year up to 2020/21, FE Week can reveal. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicted in November that the levy would raise £2.8bn in 2017/18, £2.9bn in 2018/19 and £3bn in 2019/20. The latest OBR figures (pictured), […]

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More understanding needed for career ambitions, report says

Better understanding is needed of why young people choose oversubscribed career paths, a new report states. The study, ‘Routes into Work … it’s Alright for Some’, published by The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), Pearson, with research from the Learning and Work Institute, is intended to explain why youth unemployment has remained stubbornly […]

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Improving inspections post-levy

John Hyde looks ahead to how apprenticeships will be inspected after the levy is launched. Introducing the Digital Apprenticeship Service (DAS) to levy-paying employers from 2017 and subsequently to every apprentice employer from 2019 onward, will substantially increase the number of training providers. The new DAS requires employers to select a training provider on-line directly […]

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Fears over lack of assessment organisations

Concerns have been raised over delays with government approval of apprentice assessment organisations (AAOs) for Trailblazer apprenticeship standards after just 13 were cleared. The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) first began taking on submissions to their new Register of Apprenticeship Assessment Organisations (RoAAO) in March last year. But FE Week has found that despite 88 apprenticeship […]

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Fall in number of employers posting apprenticeship vacancies

Government figures showed a 6 per cent fall in employer numbers posting apprenticeship vacancies in the same week it admitted to delaying the launch of a service it hopes will improve the situation. Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) data published on Tuesday (April 5) showed that 23,800 employers […]

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Movers and Shakers: Edition 169

Ben Blackledge has been appointed as the director of education at WorldSkills UK, the organisation that oversees the selection process for the British WorldSkills team. Mr Blackledge, who was previously head of education and development, joined the organisation in April 2014. He was previously at the Skills Funding Agency, where he was responsible for establishing […]

Movers and Shakers

Annual survey: Power to the people? Or a ruse to disguise further spending cuts?

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE The third annual FE Week and Policy Consortium FE and Skills Survey 2016. Devolution and localism are the Government’s latest big ideas for education and skills — backed up with a rhetoric that speaks of power going to localities, institutions and professionals. The Policy Consortium wants to test the FE sector’s […]

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FE and Skills Survey 2016

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE The third annual FE Week and Policy Consortium FE and Skills Survey 2016. Devolution and localism are the Government’s latest big ideas for education and skills — backed up with a rhetoric that speaks of power going to localities, institutions and professionals. The Policy Consortium wants to test the FE sector’s […]

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