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SFA to consult on a new provider register

FE providers may have to fulfil a new set of criteria in order to be approved by the government…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Not a ‘hope in hell’ of 3m apprenticeships by 2020, MP warns

The chair of a group of influential MPs has slammed the government’s progress on apprenticeship reform, saying he doesn’t…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Union attacks bumper salaries for college principals as pay row continues

LATEST: Nescot accepts former £360k a year principal was unfairly dismissed The University and College Union (UCU) has spoken…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Teaching quality grade set to be removed from FE inspections

Ofsted looks set to consult with FE providers on removing separate graded judgments on the quality of teaching, learning…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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EXCLUSIVE: Small employers won’t be on levy system when it launches

Only companies that are paying the apprenticeship levy will have access to the new funding system when it is launched…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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New AELP chief lays out his plans

The new boss of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has laid out his top priorities. Ahead…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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White paper sets out Morgan’s vision for next five years

A new white paper unveiled this morning by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has spelled out her vision for the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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SFA to fund all ‘high quality’ 16 to 18 apprenticeships from August 2015 to March 2016

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced that it will fully fund all “high quality” 16 to 18 apprenticeships…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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10 per cent top-up announced for apprenticeship levy payers

Employers will receive a 10 per cent top-up to their monthly levy contributions as a result of today’s budget….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Doel collects CBE from Duke of Cambridge

Association of Colleges chief executive Martin Doel travelled to Buckingham Palace yesterday to collect his CBE awarded in the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Exclusive: Extra cash expected to go to 16 to 18 apprenticeships

Extra money is set to be made available for 16 to 18 apprenticeships following today’s budget announcement, FE Week…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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NUT leads Sixth Form College strike with London protests over pay

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has led a one-day national strike for sixth-form college’s (SFCs) across the country,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson

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Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
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DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

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

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Jessica Hill
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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’

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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