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EXCLUSIVE: UTCs running at 10 per cent full as enrolment plummets

A number of University Technical Colleges (UTCs) were running at around 10 per cent capacity last academic year —…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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IfL JOBS AT RISK

The future of more than a dozen Institute for Learning (IfL) jobs was today looking uncertain as it prepares…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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College wins second round in VAT fight – third round next

Hopes of a multi-million pound VAT rebate for principals have been boosted by a Hampshire college’s second legal win…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Phones 4u collapse leaves learners in dark

More than 800 apprentices were today in the dark over their qualifications and job future after Skills Funding Agency…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Student services leader criticises DfE over ‘costly’ handling of FE free meal top-ups

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has felt the full force of college student service leaders’ frustration over her department’s handling…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Fraudster cash goes toward apprenticeships return

A council in Bedfordshire will use the ill-gotten gains of a junk mail fraudster to bring back its apprenticeship…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Minister to rule on Barnfield split after public say

Skills Minister Nick Boles will rule on plans for Barnfield College to leave the Barnfield Federation once a public…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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BREAKING: AoC goes ahead with pay deal despite UCU opposition

The Association of Colleges (AoC) is to proceed with its pay deal despite plans by the University and College Union…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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REVEALED – the new FE Insider columnist for FE Week

Like the next Dr Who or latest James Bond, the world has been waiting with bated breath to learn…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

DfE U-turn on FE free meals policy puts top-ups back on menu

The Department for Education (DfE) today revealed a U-turn on its FE free meals policy, allowing providers to boost…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

UCU announces strike and possible further action as members reject 1 per cent pay rise

College staff have voted to strike next month in the latest of a series of strikes over pay, the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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College rips up ‘not fit for purpose’ UTC action plan

An improvement plan aimed at turning around the fortunes of an inadequate-rated university technical college (UTC) has been ripped…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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Colleges, Long read

Resilient Ricketts: How Brooklands was saved from going broke

The story of a college’s fight for survival after a subcontracting scandal left it on the brink of insolvency

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Exit interview: Why Robert Halfon quit ‘the best job in government’

Halfon tells FE Week he ‘did all he could’ after leaving skills minister role

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54%

Slight increase leaves sector way off government target

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs

Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Treasury announces £3k top-up for 13 ‘growth sector’ apprenticeships

Training providers will have to deliver a minimum number of starts to access the cash

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Politics

DfE set to surrender £60m apprenticeship cash in 2023-24

Just 2% of total ring-fenced budget expected to be handed back to Treasury

Billy Camden
Billy Camden