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ESFA to audit university apprenticeships, from April

Universities that deliver apprenticeships will be subject to Education and Skills Funding Agency funding audits for the first time from April next year. The first audits could come the same month that Ofsted is handed new powers to inspect degree apprenticeships. University representative organisations said their members have been preparing for ESFA audits and understand […]

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ESFA reveals major cashflow problems at mega-college in Nottingham

A mega-college in Nottingham has been placed in formal FE Commissioner intervention after hitting “serious cashflow pressures”. The Education and Skills Funding Agency published a financial notice to improve for Nottingham College on Wednesday. The ESFA letter, dated July 2020, states that there is a “need for cashflow support in November/December 2020” and there was […]

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London college agrees merger after being put at ‘significant risk’

A London college which was put at “significant risk” by failures in financial management and control is seeking to join a successfully-merged neighbour. Richmond-upon-Thames College (RuTC) has announced, as a result of an FE Commissioner-led structure and prospects appraisal, that it plans to merge with Harrow College and Uxbridge College (HCUC) by August 2021. It […]

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Apprenticeship providers are short-changing themselves on reasonable adjustments

Providers are stuck in a vicious cycle of ignorance and avoidance that frustrates both learners and Ofsted, writes Chris Quickfall If apprenticeship providers were offered a way to reduce dropout rates, improve the learner experience, satisfy Ofsted and were paid to do so, it would be reasonable to assume that most would jump at the […]

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‘Significant strides’ made towards addressing safety concerns at Shrewsbury college, says FE Commissioner

A college has been praised by the FE Commissioner for making “significant strides” towards ensuring its campuses safe, after Ofsted accused it of safeguarding failures that led to a grade four. Such improvements at Shrewsbury Colleges Group include employing additional security personnel as well as enforcing the wearing of lanyards by all students and staff. […]

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Government careers agency fails to persuade majority of schools to engage with FE and HE

Less than half of the schools in the government’s multi-million pound network of careers hubs have met a target for providing “encounters with further and higher education”. A report published today by the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) shows that while more schools are meeting the eight Gatsby benchmarks for good careers guidance, progress towards […]

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Profile: John Laramy, principal and CEO, Exeter College

JL Dutaut meets a principal who is ideally placed to talk about building back better Exeter College has become a magnet for the government. Just over a year ago, Gavin Williamson visited to talk about T levels. He was back again in June, this time virtually, and six weeks ago it was the prime minister’s […]

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Could an FE white paper signal government support to host the skills Olympics?

The much-anticipated FE white paper could provide impetus and galvanise support for a bid to host the international WorldSkills competition in the UK.  That’s according to the chief executive of WorldSkills UK Neil Bentley-Gockmann, who spoke to FE Week on the first day of the organisation’s International Skills Summit, which is taking place today and […]

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The show must go on: online resources to support delivery during lockdown 2.0

With Boris Johnson announcing a second national lockdown on Saturday, we continue to face much uncertainty and disruption to our delivery of education and it is hard to imagine there will be mush change this academic year – a reality Michael Gove reflected over the weekend. Although schools, colleges, providers, and universities will remain open, […]

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