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Chartered Institution for Further Education still supported by DfE subsidy

The Chartered Institution for Further Education is still being propped up by hundreds of thousands of pounds in government…

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Jude Burke
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Grade two provider wins non-levy tender appeal

A provider has successfully overturned the government’s decision not to award it a contract in the recent controversial non-levy…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Lifeline for Somerset provider devastated by AEB tender

A community learning provider in Somerset that found itself at the sharp end of the adult education budget debacle…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Reshuffle fun fact: Sixth minister for skills since 2010 needed if Milton moved

The Prime Minister is expected to make a cabinet reshuffle tomorrow, and most of the attention in the education…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofsted watch: Bad start to 2018 for West Thames College

The new year has got off to a less-than-‘good’ start for one college, which saw its Ofsted grade drop…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Public Accounts Committee calls for evidence ahead of Learndirect hearing

UPDATE: The PAC has confirmed this hearing will start from 4pm on Monday January 15, and confirmed the witnesses…

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Institute for Apprenticeships to lose its deputy chief

The Institute for Apprenticeships is losing a vital member of staff, one who was “instrumental” in setting up the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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First college merger plan for 2018 launched in the south-east

Two large colleges in the south-east, which teach a combined total of nearly 30,000 FE students every year, have…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Nick Boles: Behind the scenes on the birth of the apprenticeship levy

The architect of the apprenticeship levy gives his own account of how this landmark policy was brought to fruition,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Top ten: FE Week most read news in 2017

FE Week is known for investing in high quality investigative news and with three and a half million page…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Adult learning champion honoured with knighthood

A man who spent decades spearheading the fight to raise the profile of adult learning has been knighted in…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Who got what in Queen’s New Year honours for FE?

The bosses of two colleges located just 10 miles apart have been awarded CBEs in the Queen’s new year’s…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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