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Local authorities come under the FE Week 2015/16 adult apprenticeship allocations spotlight

The exclusive front page story of edition 154 on low levels of apprenticeship delivery among colleges promised more analysis….

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Nick Linford
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in bid to keep London colleges apart

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has tried to warn City and Islington College governors against plans to merge with Westminster…

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Jude Burke
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Funding threat hangs over providers who missed topslice declaration deadline

The Skills Funding Agency was today looking into whether it would suspend funding for lead providers who flouted a…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Area reviews question over academy VAT move

Sixth Form College (SFC) leaders were today in the dark about whether Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement they could become…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Employer engagement hopes with £3bn levy

Sector leaders have reacted positively after Chancellor George Osborne fleshed out how the new apprenticeship levy on large firms…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Finances on the mend at New College Nottingham

The FE Commissioner has finished his work at New College Nottingham (NCN) after overseeing dramatic improvement with its financial…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Whitehall uncertainty over 19+ FE loans while clarity needed over £160m savings from 16-19 funding

Chancellor George Osborne’s extension of the FE loans system to 19 to 23-year-olds is a source of just as…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Much-feared Budget looks positive for adult skills budget — but what could the new 19-plus FE loans mean?

Further education loans were extended to the 19+ age group in a positive-looking Spending Review that many feared could…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Skills Show 2015 sees record number of visitors — up 44 pc

Record numbers of young people, teachers and parents visited the Skills Show in Birmingham last week, with figures for…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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More than 100 young people one step closer to WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 after qualifying for UK squad

Nearly 150 young people are one step closer to taking on the world’s best, having been listed among the…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Learndirect topslices almost £50m from subcontractors over two years as average management fee rises to 36 per cent

Figures that the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) demanded be published by today have revealed that Learndirect top-sliced almost £50m…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Where does your college sit in the FE Week 2015/16 adult apprenticeship allocations table?

The exclusive front page story in FE Week edition 154 on startlingly low levels of apprenticeship delivery among some…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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