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Prime Minister unveils plans to ramp up public sector apprentice numbers

Prime Minister David Cameron is tomorrow expected to unveil plans for 2.3 per cent of staff in large public…

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Nick Linford
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Channel Four programme claims high street giant Next saved £2.5m in wages employing hundreds of low paid apprentices

High Street giant Next slashed £2.5m off its wage bill by employing hundreds of low-earning apprentices, according to a…

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FE Week
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Ofsted identifies improvement at horror youth prison

Ofsted inspectors who uncovered “degrading treatment, racist comments and care from staff under the influence of illegal drugs” at…

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FE Week
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Funding cut for back-to-work support

Providers have been warned that government funding to help long-term unemployed people back into work was likely to be…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Unison to ballot workers in FE colleges in row over pay

Trade union Unison will ballot FE workers in England in the New Year, in the latest development of an…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Annual Ofsted report exposes FE maths and English issues

Ofsted deputy director for FE and skills Paul Joyce has outlined how the story of the education watchdog’s 2014/15…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Exclusive: Lep areas revealed for first round of invitations to tender for delayed ESF contracts

These are the first areas which the will be involved in the first round of long-awaited invitations to tender…

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FE Week Reporter
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Social mobility tsar Alan Milburn labels FE an ‘absolute jungle’

Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission chair Alan Milburn (pictured above) has told a Lords committee how the FE…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College principal’s ‘regret’ at studio school closures over low pupil numbers

The principal of a Midland college behind two studio schools struggling with low pupil numbers has told of her…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Bankruptcy warning on Saudi college ventures

English colleges who set up new learner ventures in Saudi Arabia as part of multi-million pound deals could be…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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BIS report hails ‘substantial impact’ of FE on unemployed

A government report has hailed the “substantial impact” of FE in getting unemployed people back into work — and…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Launch date finally set for first round of invitations to tender for Euro skills contracts

The launch date for the first round of long-overdue invitations to tender for European Social Fund (ESF) contracts has…

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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
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps

Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments

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Apprenticeships

Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse

ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut

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Billy Camden
Adult education

Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets

Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen