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Public sector apprenticeship targets to be debated in Parliament

Apprenticeship targets for the public sector and making the misuse of the term apprenticeship an offence will be debated…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Colleges and training providers left disappointed as equality and diversity fund closed

The Equality and Diversity Good Practice Fund was the source of 29 innovative projects in 2014/15, but providers hoping…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Government urged to act over SEND travel cuts

The government has been urged to review transport arrangements for post-16 special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) students, after…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Employer Skills Survey in limbo after funding cut

Questions remain over the future of the UK’s largest employer skills survey, with indications that responsibility for labour market…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Pearson contract doubts after Inadequate Ofsted

Pearson is in danger of having its contract with the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) terminated after Ofsted slammed its…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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BIS select committee Productivity Plan report: Exclusive Q & A with chair Iain Wright

The Business, Innovation and Skills committee released the findings of its investigation into the government’s productivity plan today. Senior…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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MPs single out government’s apprenticeship schemes in critical Productivity Plan report

The Government’s much-lauded “Productivity Plan” has been criticised by a committee of cross-party MPs today – with concerns raised…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Elmfield Training founder slapped with six-year ban for £1m withdrawal

The founder of a scandal-hit apprenticeship provider has been disqualified from acting as a director for six years after…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Student’s prize-winning Chartered Status logo dropped

A student’s competition-winning logo intended to be the sign of Chartered Status for FE providers has been dumped by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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MPs to review DfE financial management after last-minute delay to annual accounts

MPs will probe the financial management at the Department for Education (DfE) after it used legislation to delay the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Former government apprenticeships adviser Doug Richard cleared of child sex charges

Former government apprenticeship adviser Doug Richard has today been cleared of child sex charges after a week-long trial at…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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UCL launches education centre

More than 120 people attended the official launch of a new Centre for Post-14 Education and Work by the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel