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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…

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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…

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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…

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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
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First EFA subcontracting data published

The Department for Education (DfE) has unveiled a detailed report spelling out Education Funding Agency (EFA) 16 to 19…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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NUS launches campaign to hear FE students’ views

The National Union of Students has launched a campaign to force the government to recognise the impact that post-16…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Chaos as DfE bungles 16-18 apprenticeship growth funding requests

Over-allocated ‘discretionary funding’ now stalling apprenticeship decisions as college describes ‘negative impact’ and FE leader calls lack of info ‘crazy’…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Skills Funding Agency publishes funding guidance for 2016/17

The Skills Funding Agency has today published the funding guidance, rates and formula for 2016/17 across 10 individual documents…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Association of School and College Leaders general secretary Brian Lightman stands down

General secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Brian Lightman has stepped down with “immediate effect”….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Survey of over 91,000 employers reveals ‘growing challenge’ of skills shortages

Vacancies that go unfilled because employers can’t find workers with the right skills are a “growing challenge”, a survey…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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National Apprenticeship Awards ceremony celebrates 2015 winners

The winners of the 2015 National Apprenticeship Awards have been announced at a ceremony attended by Skills Minister Nick…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Functional Skills survey with employers launched

A new survey has been launched to gather views from employers and technical experts on how maths and English…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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