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Principal Sunaina Mann leaves North East Surrey College of Technology

LATEST: Nescot accepts former £360k a year principal was unfairly dismissed The highest-paid college principal in the country has…

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Union members balloted for strike action at South Downs College

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at South Downs College are being balloted for strike action, in…

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Alix Robertson
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University and College Union president slams political ignorance towards FE at conference

The outgoing president of the University and College Union (UCU) has slammed ignorance among politicians towards FE, in her…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Fears for future of FE key topic at University and College Union conference

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) will head to Liverpool tomorrow for the start of the union’s…

Billy Camden
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Shock departure for Institute for Apprenticeships’ shadow chief executive

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed that Rachel Sandby-Thomas will be leaving her role as…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Guidance on restructuring fund applications published

Application guidance for the new funding pot to support the implementation of area review recommendations has been unveiled today….

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Jude Burke


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Money-saving claim disputed as BIS confirms ‘FE brain drain’ plans

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has claimed the decision confirmed today to close its Sheffield office…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Learning and Work Institute boss David Hughes will be new AoC chief executive

The Association of Colleges (AoC) has announced David Hughes as its new chief executive – just five months after…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Principal and deputy both leave troubled college

A principal who lodged a formal complaint with Ofsted after the education watchdog branded his college inadequate has stepped…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Breaking: Government announces second wave of apprenticeship frameworks to be switched off this year

The government has announced the second wave of apprenticeship frameworks that will be closed to new starts, with of total…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Lord Sugar returns to enterprise tsar role to drive recruitment for apprentices

Lord Sugar has accepted a second “enterprise tsar” role to encourage more young people onto apprenticeships — but this…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Exclusive: College considers union call for principal pay cut as job losses planned

The University and College Union (UCU) has called on Cornwall College Group principal Amarjit Basi to take a pay…

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