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AoC’s new president wants to give learners their voice

The new president-elect of the Association of Colleges will campaign to get his fellow principals to involve learners far more in FE decision-making over the course of his tenure. In an exclusive interview with FE Week, Steve Frampton, who is also the principal of Portsmouth College, revealed that he wants to focus his year in […]

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Commissioner credits improvements at college Ofsted branded ‘unsafe’

The FE Commissioner has recognised improvements at a financially challenged college that was recently branded grade four by Ofsted for delivering “unsafe” training. But Richard Atkins’ intervention summary report on Moulton College, still warned that the required changes in approach, culture and actions “need to be monitored in a more directed manner by leaders and […]

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FE college incorporated just four years ago told to merge

An FE college that was that was only incorporated in 2014 is no longer sustainable as a standalone institution, according to the FE commissioner, who has told it to merge. Prospects College of Advanced Technology, which converted from an independent training provider to college status four years ago, becoming the first college to be instituted […]

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Ofsted watch: Mixed bag at three ‘new’ apprenticeship providers

Three early monitoring visit reports on new apprenticeship providers were published this week and produced a mixed bag. Lean Education and Development Limited, based in the west Midlands, received the most positive report. Inspectors praised the provider for having a “clear vision and well-considered strategy to become a high-performing provider of learning”. LEAD became a […]

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Universities battle with IfA over degree funding cuts

Universities are butting heads with the Institute for Apprenticeships over funding-rate reductions – and many may even stop offering degree-level standards if they go ahead. The body that polices apprenticeships announced a funding-band review of 31 standards this week. This included some of the most popular, including the chartered manager degree apprenticeship. This particular standard […]

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Ofsted to win apprenticeship money and power

Ofsted will have its powers and budget for FE inspections boosted after the government was embarrassed over apprenticeship accountability, FE Week can reveal. The watchdog will now be given potentially as much as £7 million to visit every new apprenticeship provider. Critically, it will also have the final say over quality. The decision been dubbed […]

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Government agrees with PAC over mishandling of Learndirect and accepts all recommendations

The government has accepted that it did not have proper oversight of Learndirect, and has agreed to take action on all of the recommendations made by a public accounts committee inquiry held on it. Members of the committee grilled the organisations which have been closest to the debacle surrounding the nation’s biggest FE provider at […]

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Early Ofsted monitoring report highly critical of airports apprenticeship provider

Ofsted has levelled stinging criticism at a provider that trains apprentices for Heathrow Airport, in a hard-hitting early monitoring inspection report. The report on Birkenhead-based Mooreskills Limited was published today. It follows a report in March on Key6 Group, from the same town, that found its apprenticeships were “not fit for purpose”. These have been […]

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Trouble brewing at NCG as Ofsted inspectors stay an extra day

Ofsted has taken a highly unusual decision to extend its inspection of NCG, suggesting that not all is well at the nation’s largest college group. Two teams of inspectors were sent in last Monday owing to achievement rate concerns, and they had been due to wrap up their investigations by the end of last week. […]

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