The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has launched a major review of transport and logistics skills training and wants feedback on what is working and what needs to change. It is the first ever opportunity of its kind to strategically review the occupational map for the route and have a say in what it looks like in the future. To read the article click here

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Bids have opened for an eight-figure pot of government cash to boost delivery of level 4 and 5 higher technical qualifications. The Department for Education today opened the applications for the £32 million Higher Technical Education Skills Injection Fund, which is to be used for investing in equipment and resources for providers delivering approved higher technical courses. To read the article click here

What does QAA walking away from being designated quality body mean for universities? David Kernohan of Wonkhe tries to make sense of it all.

The reasoning is straightforward – the work that QAA does in England, on behalf of the OfS, is no longer compliant with recognised quality standards – namely the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG) as monitored by the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR).

For this reason, the QAA registration with EQAR was recently suspended – a decision that highlights international concerns about procedures in England, but has an impact in the many other nations (including Scotland and Wales) where QAA needs that EQAR registration in order to fulfil a statutory quality assurance role. To read the Wonkhe Blog click here