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Switching off frameworks before standard ready is ‘right decision’, says IfATE boss

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education fully backed the ministerial decision to stick with the switch-off date for…

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Billy Camden
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First college to delay reopening after coronavirus R rate rise

A college in Tameside is delaying its wider reopening after being “strongly advised” to do so by its local…

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Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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ETF discounts cost and reduces eligibility criteria for Advanced Teacher Status qualification

The Education and Training Foundation is handing out 100 discounts worth £500 each to boost the number of FE…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE seeks 16 senior policy advisers ahead of FE ‘revolution’

The Department for Education is drafting in a group of new policy experts as it gears up for “revolutionary”…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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‘A very different September’ debated by roundtable of experts

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a great deal of disruption across education, including cancelled exams and campus closures to…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Sally Dicketts announced as AoC president-elect

The chief executive of one of England’s largest college groups has been announced as the next president of the…

Billy Camden
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FE’s fight to tackle hate crime

Hate crimes in colleges have almost tripled in four years as leaders seek to raise awareness in light of…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Terminated: ESFA bin apprenticeship providers for low achievement rates

Apprenticeship providers have been left shocked after the Education and Skills Funding Agency ignored their own coronavirus deferral policy…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Labour ‘concerned’ and brand promise of an apprenticeship guarantee a ‘deception’

Labour’s shadow apprenticeships minister has branded the prime minister’s “apprenticeship guarantee” proposal a “deception”. Toby Perkins told FE Week…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Winners of the AoC Beacon Awards 2020 announced

Top colleges across the country are celebrating receiving honours in the Association of Colleges’ Beacon Awards 2019-20. The winners…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Revealed: Apprenticeship training providers paid biggest slice of levy funds

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has for the first time revealed the training providers that have been paid…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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National student photography exhibition captures life of sixth form college learners during lockdown

An online photography exhibition to showcase the life of sixth form college students during lockdown has been launched by…

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Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

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Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

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Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

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Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps

Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments

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Apprenticeships

Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse

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Adult education

Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets

Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding

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