FE Week News | FE, Skills and Apprenticeships Updates - Part 603

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Let adult maths tuition work from home, says Sunak

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Ex-PM warns that rigid adult skills rules are locking learners out of courses

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FE gets £485m to help match school teacher pay rise

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Two-year deal opens the door for a ‘meaningful’ pay award, says AoC

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Burnham: Public contracts must deliver more apprenticeships

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Labour leadership contender also pledges to end the university-first education system

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Phillipson demands action to trace ‘phantom NEETs’

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Councils told to improve as DfE highlights ignorance around 32,100 teens

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The apprenticeships tipped for a rate rise

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FE Week reveals the standards most likely to get extra cash as Smith intervenes

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Colleges favoured as ITPs get less for adult skills in Greater Manchester

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‘Gold-standard’ T Levels still rarely lead to top universities

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Let adult maths tuition work from home, says Sunak

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Pearson rebuked over ‘repurposed’ A Level maths paper

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Phillipson demands action to trace ‘phantom NEETs’

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FE gets £485m to help match school teacher pay rise

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Teen jailed for nearly four years over Stafford College bomb threats

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The apprenticeships tipped for a rate rise

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‘Bradford’s proper sexy’: The honey badger who transformed a college

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School rules are imposed on FE’s errant teachers

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Skills England scales back employer role in funding decisions

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SEND help to general FE, specialist teachers told

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London calling: Capital to host WorldSkills UK national finals in 2027

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DWP revisits unloved 30/70 apprenticeship unit payment split

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Employer sign-off on behaviours is a chance to strengthen apprenticeships

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Burnham’s devolution agenda could transform the youth guarantee

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A pair of shoes taught me more about NEETs than any policy paper

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Manufacturing SMEs are being squeezed out of apprenticeships

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