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Counter-fraud measures underway for apprenticeship funding programme

Counter-fraud measures are to be set up for the apprenticeship funding programme, the government has insisted, amid warnings from…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Editor Asks: David Hughes becomes fifth chief executive of the AoC

Last week saw David Hughes become the fifth chief executive of the Association of Colleges in its 20 year…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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The past, present and future of the Association of Colleges

As the Association of Colleges welcomes a new chief executive in its 20th year, FE Week takes a look…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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College principal set to retire after record 33 years at the helm

The longest-serving FE college principal in the country will finally retire next year, after more than 33 years in…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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How easy is it to become a registered training provider?

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) was scheduled to open a new, ‘tougher’ Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RATP) to…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Two new super-colleges set to be created in north-west

Two new super-colleges are set to be created in the north-west through mergers involving six colleges and one university….

Jude Burke
Jude Burke


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Decision on FE maintenance loans put off until November despite strong support

The government has stalled on making a decision about providing maintenance loans for higher level learners studying technical education…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Save our apprenticeships campaign

Click here to download the campaign event briefing.   Our first ever official campaign will oppose damaging cuts to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Skills minister dismisses calls to delay apprenticeship levy launch

The new skills minister has dismissed widespread calls to delay the apprenticeship levy launch, even after 10 major professional…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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NCG fighting to avoid dropping to a damaging Ofsted grade 3

An Ofsted report into the nation’s largest college has still not been published more than four months after it…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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College investigated head of curriculum’s racist tweets yet he kept his job until FE Week started asking questions

A curriculum head at one of London’s largest colleges sent a string of racist, homophobic and abusive tweets but…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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UTC will not open despite DfE spending over £8m

A University Technical College (UTC) developed in partnership with Burton and South Derbyshire College will never open, despite the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson

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Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

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