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Crossrail apprentices get royal treatment as Queen pays visit

The Queen was presented with a plaque by Crossrail apprentices this week to commemorate the new railway being named…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Rebrand for British WorldSkills organisers

The organisation that oversees the selection process for the British WorldSkills team is dropping its old name. It is…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Sixth form college academisation ‘pressure’

> Principal breaks silence on ‘very short’ timescales for DfE applications > Government defends linking opportunity to area review…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Merger approved by Boles before college ‘runs out of cash’

A cash-strapped Cumbria sixth form college has been given the green light by Skills Minister Nick Boles to merge with…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Around 200 colleges hit with joint UCU and Unison strike

Around 200 colleges are expect to be hit with strike action today (February 24), as members of the University…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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New chief executive unveiled for Sixth Form Colleges Association

The current operational director at the Schools, Students and Teachers Network (SSAT) Bill Watkin has been appointed as the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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SFA will stop subcontracting of loan-funded provision

Provision paid for by advanced learner loans will have to be delivered directly by lead providers from the start…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Notices of concern more than double in wake of funding CRISIS

The number of notices of concern issued to FE providers by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has more than…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Morgan made controversial call over growth requests

Nicky Morgan, the Education Secretary, has made the controversial decision to only part-fund providers’ 16 to 18 apprenticeship growth…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Furious colleges and training providers slam 16-18 growth funding shortfall

Angry providers have slammed the government’s failure to fully fund all their apprenticeship growth requests as “appalling” and “destabilising”….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Grant facility for small firms ‘fully committed’

Providers have been left waiting, as the Skills Funding Agency admits to having “fully committed” the budget for the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Provider’s cashback query met with ‘grave concerns’ by SFA

One of the largest providers of apprenticeships has asked the Skills Funding Agency for permission to give cashback to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

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Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards

Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen