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OfS urged to ‘get a move on’ and inspect apprenticeship quality

A former adviser to the minister for higher education has expressed “concern” that dozens of providers delivering level 6 and 7 apprenticeships are still going without inspection more than four years after the courses began. In June the Office for Students was given responsibility for overseeing this provision at all training firms, even if they […]

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DfE looking to appoint extra principals and consultants to ‘enable more colleges to be supported’

The FE Commissioner is recruiting more college leaders and governors to firm up the National Leaders of Governance and Further Education schemes. The Department for Education reopened applications to the programmes today, and said candidates have until 11pm on 29 October 2019 to apply. A spokesperson would not specify how many national leaders are being […]

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Introducing… Lord Agnew

Jess Staufenberg has closely followed Lord Agnew’s career in the schools sector, where his reputation divides opinion. As he settles into his new remit as minister for the further education market, she sets out what his appointment might mean for the sector. It’s fair to say Lord Agnew, or rather Theodore Agnew, Baron of Oulton, […]

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Ofsted comes down hard on UK’s leading firm of financial compliance advisers

A company claiming to be the UK’s largest compliance support and business consultancy provider for financial services has been rapped by Ofsted. New Model Business Academy (NMBA), the not-for-profit training arm of SimplyBiz, has made ‘insufficient progress’ in two areas of its provision to 113 apprentices on level 4 financial adviser and paraplanner standards, during […]

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DfE reveals who will be allowed to deliver T-levels in 2022 – but there is a catch

[UPDATE: Following this story the DfE changed its guidance to state that providers selected to deliver T-levels from 2022 will be able to offer the T-levels introduced in that year, as well as those rolled out in 2020 and 2021.] The Department for Education has this morning revealed what it will take to join the […]

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Increasing transparency will improve students’ learning

Financial mismanagement and substandard teaching provision are often co-symptomatic. Enhanced financial transparency will help address financial mismanagement among poor-performing colleges, as well as improve educational experiences and outcomes, says Lawrence Barton. Barely a week goes by without news of yet another further education college navigating its way into financial difficulty, either through mismanagement or impropriety. […]

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Ofsted watch: Mega apprenticeship provider making ‘significant progress’ after grade three

A major financial services provider to high-profile employers and over 3,500 apprentices, has made ‘significant progress’ following a previous bad result, while others scored reasonably well in this week’s run of Ofsted reports. Kaplan Financial, which also has 10 adult learners and 185 advanced learner loan learners, was downgraded to a grade three last year, […]

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Chair quits at college stung by £20m scandal and replaced by DfE consultant

A college rocked by a £20 million apprenticeship scandal is now being run by a Department for Education consultant after the chair stood down, FE Week can reveal. Terry Lazenby (pictured right) resigned from Brooklands College this week. It is a relatively small college that FE Week understands is now trading whilst insolvent, after the […]

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T-levels dropped by education secretary’s former sixth form ahead of 2020 launch

The education secretary’s former sixth form college has pulled out of offering two T-level pathways ahead of their launch next year, according to the Department for Education. Officials said today that Scarborough Sixth Form College, where Gavin Williamson studied, will no longer deliver the construction or digital pathways in 2020. They have will also no […]

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