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Rejected National Colleges plans ‘not sufficiently mature’

The teams behind two proposed National Colleges told their plans were “not mature enough” to proceed have told FE…

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Alix Robertson
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NUS FE leader Shakira Martin backs MPs’ call for free apprentice prescriptions

A cross-party group of MPs has won the backing of NUS FE leader Shakira Martin (pictured) with their bid…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Level three 19 to 23 entitlement remains

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has given more details of its plans to extend FE loans,…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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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…

Nick Linford
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…

FE Week
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…

FE Week Reporter
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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