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Fifth apprenticeship consultation in four years to launch as government seeks views on levy

The government is set to embark on its fifth review of apprenticeships in just four years after plans for…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Funding agency unable to approve growth requests after Budget — despite assurances

The Skills Funding Agency was today unable to say when providers would learn if their quarter three growth requests…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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LIVE: Summer budget reaction

George’s Osborne’s budget today included plans for an apprenticeship levy, a living wage which could reach £9 per hour…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Summer budget: Osborne announces apprenticeship levy for large businesses

A levy on large businesses to help fund apprenticeship growth has been announced by Chancellor George Osborne. Mr Osborne’s…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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New Lords committee on social mobility set to look into apprenticeships

A newly-established House of Lords committee on social mobility launches its first investigation tomorrow — and apprenticeships are set to be…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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What to expect from FE’s most feared Budget

It’s less than 24 hours to go before what is possibly the FE and skills sector’s most feared Budget…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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On your marks, get set, go! — apprentices’ Brathay challenge final gets underway

This week learners from up and down the country are battling to be crowned apprentice team of the year…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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TUC general secretary tells Unionlearn conference that fighting FE cuts is ‘first priority’

Trade Union Congress general secretary Frances O’Grady told delegates at the Unionlearn conference that fighting the “false economy of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Clock ticks down to start of Team UK’s Brazilian WorldSkills adventure

The clock is well and truly ticking with 880 hours to go before the UK’s top apprentices jet off…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Barnfield academy chain gets new name

The academy trust that was built up by Barnfield College has announced plans to sever its last link with…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Colleges’ race record in question

College leaders have been urged to make the promotion of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) principals a “priority”…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Functional skills fight after GCSE entry requirement u-turn

Childcare apprenticeship providers were today hoping a government announcement on GCSE equivalences “in due course” might provide a second…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
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DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

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As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

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Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

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Jessica Hill
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Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

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