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Provider hit with grade three Ofsted rating after concern raised about learner safeguarding failures

Independent learning provider t2 Business Solutions has been hit with a grade three Ofsted rating after concern was raised about failures to safeguard learners and vulnerable adults. The report published today on the Cardiff-based provider rated its health and social care apprenticeships provision as ‘good’, and employability training including traineeships as ‘outstanding’. But t2, which […]

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WorldSkillsUK competitors get good luck messages from local MPs

The UK’s WorldSkills competitors are set to head off for Brazil tonight — and a number of them will be boarding the BA flight from Heathrow with the encouragement of their local MPs still ringing in their ears. With the much-anticipated start on Tuesday (August 11) growing ever nearer, seven of the UK competitors were given the House of […]

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Employers frustrated as wait for Trailblazer apprenticeships approval nears one-year mark

Frustration is growing among Trailblazer apprenticeship designers with many of the new standards still awaiting government approval for delivery almost a year after they were published. Twenty two standards published by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) in November are still waiting to be approved despite months of consultation and design having already gone […]

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CBI demands ‘formal consultation’ on government proposals for apprenticeship levy

Employers should be consulted on the “scope and rate” of a new apprenticeship levy and have “real control” over the whole apprenticeships system, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said. In a briefing note on the levy, which was announced by Chancellor George Osborne in his July budget, the CBI predicted the levy would […]

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Policy proposals mean no chance for a summer slouch

Whoever says the summer holidays are a time for people who work in education to kick back and relax has obviously never worked in education, particularly education policy. In the fortnight before Parliament went on its summer recess, a whole host of inquiries and consultations were launched to keep sector wonks and leaders busy — […]

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Government advertises apprentice posts for ‘shamed’ minimum wage offenders

The government is allowing known minimum wage offender firms to advertise for workers on its apprentice vacancy matching service, FE Week has found. Seven of the 75 employers ‘named and shamed’ by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) last week for failing to pay the minimum wage were advertising for apprentices on the website. […]

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Niace appoints groundbreaking FE-bred NUS president Toni Pearce to employment and skills post

The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has appointed outgoing president of the National Union of Students (NUS) Toni Pearce as its new head of employment and skills. A Niace spokesperson said she would play a key role in efforts to “champion employment, skills and learning for all”. She is tasked with “particular focus on […]

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Early years education sector sees latest DfE U-turn on GCSE entry requirement

The government today revealed it had undertaken the latest in a series of early years educator (EYE) U-turns by dropping the GCSE entry requirement for level three classroom provision. The Department for Education (DfE) is going to allow learners who do not have grade C or above in English and maths to start and achieve […]

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Frustration grows among providers as SFA apprenticeship website remains closed — three days after maintenance

UPDATE AT 8.24AM Friday, July 31: Apprenticeship vacancy matching service up and running (see foot of story) Frustration is growing as providers remain unable to access the apprenticeship vacancy matching service or post new adverts — three days after it should have reopened following maintenance. Provider access to the website which allows them to advertise […]

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