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Shadow chair and operating officer finally installed at the Institute for Apprenticeships

Two senior appointments have been announced for the Institute for Apprenticeships — a day after Association of Employment and…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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SFA guidance published on legacy maths and English GCSE funding next academic year

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has published guidance on how it will fund legacy GCSEs in English, English language…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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No technical and professional education pilot until 2019/20

The reforms suggested by Lord Sainsbury’s influential review into technical and professional education (TPE) will not be piloted by…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Colleges challenge fewer exam grades than schools – with less success

Colleges are significantly less likely to challenge GCSE and A-level exam grades than schools – and they are more…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Colleges warned as scams on the rise again

Colleges have been warned to be on their guard against “sophisticated” fraudsters, after a scam involving fake faxes was…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Employers told to stick to ‘core business’ after Citroën blow

Firms taking on apprentices have been advised to stick “to their core business” — after Citroën UK became the…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke


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Concern for FE in Cheshire after principals leave

Mid Cheshire College’s principal Richard Hollywood (pictured) is standing down – after its Ofsted rating tumbled from outstanding to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Unions oppose college and university merger

Unions have rejected a proposed link-up between Bury College and the University of Bolton — warning it would be…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Call for traineeships review as SFA forced to admit progressions to apprenticeships less than ‘positive’

The government has admitted that fewer than one in ten 19- to 24-year-olds who complete a traineeship course move…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Editor Asks: Union boss tackles the major challenges at UCU Annual Congress

Falling FE membership is an issue that has long been playing on the mind of Sally Hunt, general secretary…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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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…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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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…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson

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Jessica Hill
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Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

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Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

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Anviksha Patel
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NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

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Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

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Josh Mellor