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Graham Hasting-Evans from @NOCNGroup discusses the Chancellor @RishiSunak’s Summer Economic Statement COVID-19 presents the greatest challenge to our Country since World War Two. Accordingly, we need actions…
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So the English Apprenticeship ‘guarantee’ is here And although it isn’t a guarantee. The apprenticeship hiring incentive is a series of welcome incentives for employers: £1,000 for…
End-point assessment organisations (EpAOs) are subject to external quality assurance (EQA), and there are currently 4 types of EQA provider (employer led, professional body, Ofqual…
How to put out fires with… strategy What prevents college principals from achieving educational provision of the highest quality? This doesn’t have to be a…
The start to 2020 has possibly been the most disruptive period in recent memory. As practitioners and participants involved in work-based learning (WBL), we have…
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The G20 is chaired this year by Saudi Arabia. That was always going to be interesting. But then came COVID 19. Very sensibly the secretariat…
While the economic impact of Covid-19 has been felt acutely across the globe, research carried out by organisations such as the Resolution Foundation has demonstrated…
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