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Three-day Festival of Skills announced for staff in FE

An exciting new continuing professional development (CPD) event has been announced today by the organisers of The Telegraph Festival…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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MPs to probe apprenticeship quality concerns in new inquiry

Apprenticeship quality concerns will come under the spotlight in a new parliamentary inquiry that will check out the merits…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Lowestoft Sixth Form College hit with EFA financial notice to improve

Lowestoft Sixth Form College (SFC) has been issued with a financial notice to improve from the Education Funding Agency…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Sajid Javid seeks ‘more scrutiny’ of skills policy from influential group of MPs

Business Secretary Sajid Javid has said he would welcome “more scrutiny” on skills, as he suggested that the Business,…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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National skills body boss leaves for consultancy firm

Michael Davis, chief executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), has been appointed managing director of…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Principal predicts college numbers will fall to 200 by 2018

One college principal expects the number of colleges in England to drop by a third over the next two…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Alternative providers needed for thousands of learners after funding pulled from charity’s ‘inadequate’ training wing

The government is looking for alternative “quality providers” for up to 3,500 post-16 learners after it pulled the plug…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Bankrupt founder of Elmfield could face charges

Criminal charges could be brought against the founder of a controversial former apprenticeship provider, who has been disqualified from…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Promote FE loans yourself, BIS tells providers

The responsibility for telling learners about new FE loans will lie with providers after the government admitted it had…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Numbers falling, closing down – University technology College revolution fails to deliver

When the Tories launched their manifesto in April last year at a University Technical College, they promised to create…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Government silent as one in three traineeship providers fail to achieve good or better

As restrictions are lifted on delivering traineeships, with the government claiming excellent results mean they are no longer needed,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Alix Robertson meets Jeremy Corbyn: ‘I am concerned about the quality of certain apprenticeships’

After giving a speech to a packed room at the University and College Union (UCU) conference ‘Education from Cradle…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson

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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

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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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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…

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

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Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

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