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Adults over the age of 23 in England without a full level 3 qualification will be offered one for free from April, prime minister Boris Johnson is set to announce. The policy to extend full funding to all eligible adults was a recommendation in Philip Augar’s review of post-18 education published 15 months ago and […]
News
Ofsted will be handed powers to inspect level 6 and 7 apprenticeships from 1 April 2021, education secretary Gavin Williamson has announced. As revealed by FE Week earlier this month, the education watchdog will soon become the regulator for all apprenticeships for the first time. Until now, Ofsted’s remit has only extended up to level […]
An independent training provider in Birmingham has entered insolvency after Covid-19 reduced the company’s income to a point that “it was no longer in a position to continue trading”. GB Training (UK) Ltd, which offers apprenticeships and is also an adult education budget provider for the West Midlands Combined Authority, has announced on its website […]
JL Dutaut meets a new principal and CEO who loves the stage but doesn’t make a song and dance of her successes It takes all sorts to keep an education system performing. Some like the daily grind of incremental improvement. Others like the long-haul commitment to a community. For Carol Thomas, it’s all about the […]
Profiles
Pilots of Ofsted’s autumn visits suggest that the FE and skills sector is more than rising to the challenges of these highly unusual times, writes Paul Joyce In July we announced that we would be carrying out visits across all the areas we inspect this Autumn – schools, further education and skills, early years and […]
Opinion
Ofsted will need to prove it can handle the higher levels if they are to inspect all apprenticeships, writes Adrian Anderson. Let me start by saying that universities have nothing to fear from an appropriate Ofsted inspection system. Universities are committed to high-quality delivery and have an excellent track record in delivering and accrediting work-based […]
An embattled college is in merger talks with two neighbouring college groups after a surprise £6 million deficit crippled its finances. Gateshead College is currently undergoing a structure and prospects appraisal with the FE Commissioner, following an independent investigation into the college’s “inaccurate” budget forecast. Now, FE Week understands the college is in merger talks […]
The parent company of a recently-purchased apprenticeship training provider is disputing a £2.6 million clawback and remains suspended from recruiting apprentices, FE Week can reveal. Prospects Training International, which trades as Geason Training and was bought by the Speedy group in December 2018, is challenging an Education and Skills Funding Agency investigation over alleged overpayments. […]
Handing Ofsted powers to inspect degree apprenticeships is “worrying and unnecessary”, a university membership organisation has said. MillionPlus, which represents 24 “modern” universities, has expressed concern at the watchdog’s expertise to inspect the provision and called for inspectors to have mandatory HE academic employment experience in order to review university-based provision. It comes after FE […]
