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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…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Brathay Challenge finalists to compete for apprentice team of year title unveiled

The finalists who will battle it out to be crowned apprentice team of the year in the fifth annual…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Skills Funding Agency demands answers from Nescot following FE Week probe

LATEST: Nescot accepts former £360k a year principal was unfairly dismissed The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has demanded an…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Don’t ‘reinvent the wheel’ with ethnic minority work review

A prominent campaigner for more black and Asian college principals has warned against “reinventing the wheel” — after a…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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TPE review delayed again – this time until July

The findings of a hotly anticipated review into technical and professional education (TPE) have been hit by further delays…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Four in five apprentices studying at a level they already have

Four out of five people doing level two and three apprenticeships are on a level they have already studied…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Key Saudi deal architect advising commissioner

One of the architects of the controversial deal to set colleges up in Saudi Arabia is now an adviser…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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One in three providers threatened with subcontracting ban after failing to follow funding rules

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has written to a third of prime providers, after it was unable to find…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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ATA starts confusion reigns: Were there 16,000 or 1,340?

There are now more than 50 apprenticeship training agencies (ATAs) — but confusion surrounds how many apprentices each one…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Treasury tight-lipped over the size of restructuring fund

The Treasury is remaining tight-lipped on the size of the cash pot it has set aside for sector restructuring…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke

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

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As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

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