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George Ryan
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FE commissioner’s warning over adult education devolution plans
Richard Atkins says in order to compete in a global market place, adult education provision needs some national direction
6 February 2018
Ofsted to start carrying out monitoring visits on subcontractors
Inspectorate has told training providers it will increase the focus on the quality of subcontracted provision from next week
6 February 2018
Institute for Apprenticeships promises to speed up standards delivery
After being told to ‘really speed up’ by skills minister Anne Milton, the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) has set out reforms to streamline its processes
6 February 2018
National Education Service is solution to skills crisis, says Labour
Shadow skills minister responds to comments from Robert Halfon, with both proposing shifting funding from HE to FE
5 February 2018
Government urged to give adults lacking functional skills access to training
An extra £200 million should be set aside to double the numbers enrolled on functional skills courses, says Learning and Work Institute
5 February 2018
Scrap ‘resource swallowing’ GCSE resits in favour of functional skills
Former skills minister Robert Halfon says literacy and numeracy are the ‘bedrock of academic and vocational success’, but too many students fail GCSE resits
4 February 2018