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Gove seeks college help after latest UTC blow

Education Secretary Gove asks Bedford College to save UTC All Ofsted UTC results inadequate or requires improvement ‘Too early…

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FE Week Reporter
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Bright pulls out of provider market

Bright Assessing chief executive Krissy Charles-Jones (pictured) has said the firm was “no longer a training provider” after all…

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FE Week Reporter
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Hancock issues traineeship pledge after rule omission

Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has revealed that he would “take steps” to stop any provider delivering traineeships in less…

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FE Week Reporter
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College picket lines head into second week

Strike-hit Lambeth College was expected to be heading into week two of industrial action with staff having walked out…

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FE Week Reporter
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Commissioner details fail to stop ATL questions

Questions remain over the role of the FE Commissioner despite the government having published a detailed outline of the…

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FE Week Reporter
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Teen recruitment change from EFA

Changes to direct recruitment of 14 to 16-year-olds will not make it easier for colleges to qualify, the Education…

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Warning over college leader business links

College leaders have been warned to “think carefully” about their outside-of-work consultancy posts after it emerged contracts from a…

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FE Week Reporter
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Byrne quizzed on ‘pregnant panda question’

Labour’s stance on government apprenticeship reforms in which employers will take a greater role in drawing up frameworks and…

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FE Week Reporter
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Colleges sent back to drawing board after ‘aggressive’ renaming

Plans for a college name-change that a local MP branded “an aggressive act” towards nearby competitor colleges have been…

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FE Week Reporter
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Lambeth College’s ‘indefinite strike’ heads into day four

Teachers and lecturers at Lambeth College are preparing for a fourth day of industrial action as part of their…

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FE Week Reporter
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Apprenticeship target in Queen’s Speech draws ‘to-ing and fro-ing’ warning on reforms

The government has been warned about “to-ing and fro-ing” on apprenticeships policy after a Queen’s Speech today in which…

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FE Week Reporter
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Minister rejects calls to scrap apprenticeship fees at AELP conference

Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has rejected calls for in-kind contributions towards apprenticeships to count as part of employers’ mandatory…

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