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Apprenticeship search tool ‘on the way’

Potential apprentices will soon be able to find their route into a vocation more easily with a new online search tool currently under development, according to the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS). Vic Grimes, divisional apprenticeship director for NAS in London and the South East, told providers about the service at an event in North West […]

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Minister beams over college enterprise

It’s early days in the new relationship between FE and local enterprise partnerships, but how they will now work together was the centre of discussion at a London conference. Chris Henwood reports  Further education and its place at the centre of local “entrepreneurial ecosystems” was the theme of a conference organised by the Gazelle Colleges […]

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Rethink call on traineeship rules

The leader of a group representing 27 large colleges has called on the government to loosen rules on who can run traineeships. Skills Minister Matthew Hancock announced the traineeships framework this month — just weeks after youth unemployment figures nudged the one million mark — along with rules governing who can offer the scheme. The […]

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Principal leaves after Ofsted blow

The principal of City College Coventry is to leave his job after the Skills Funding Agency demanded “fundamental changes” following a disastrous Ofsted inspection report. After 16 years in post and two previous poor inspections, Paul Taylor (pictured) was hit with grade four (inadequate) results across each inspection headline field last month. We have made […]

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Commissioner specification ‘prejudices’ FE hopefuls

College leaders hoping to play a part in the FE Commissioner hit squad have been put “at a disadvantage” by the job’s specifications. The deadline for applications to the post, along with its seven advisory posts, ended last week. But the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and its leadership arm, the Association of Managers […]

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College wins Morrisons’ contract

The contract to deliver the country’s biggest apprenticeship programme has been won by NCG (formerly Newcastle College Group). The Academy Apprenticeship and qualifications programme of supermarket giant Morrisons will change hands from current provider Elmfield to NCG from August. The contract will be managed by the college’s Intraining division, which works with more than 20,000 […]

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Coventry principal to leave after Ofsted inadequate

The principal of City College Coventry, labelled inadequate by Ofsted, is to leave as soon an interim replacement can be found, FE Week can reveal. Paul Taylor is expected to have been replaced by July, a college spokesperson said. After 16 years in the job and two previous poor inspections, Mr Taylor was hit with grade […]

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Adult college ‘changes lives’

Working Men’s College, a specialist designated institution in North London, is celebrating an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade. Rebecca Cooney reports  When Ofsted published its report late last month, Working Men’s College principal Satnam Gill (pictured right) described the result as a “real tribute to the amazing work” by teachers and students. He said: “On leaving, the […]

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Traineeships launched, but only for some

The 11-month wait for a government outline of traineeships is over — but “disappointment” has been expressed about who can take them. They were first proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in June last year to help 16 to 24-year-olds gain work-related skills and attitudes. But it wasn’t until today that the Skills Minister […]

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