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Former Whitehall skills chief backs ‘brave’ plan for apprenticeship levy

Former Whitehall FE and skills chief Dr Sue Pember has backed Chancellor George Osborne’s “brave” apprenticeships levy plan for…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Details of next year’s ‘even bigger and better’ FE Week apprenticeship conference revealed

Details of the 2016 FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference and Exhibition (AAC) have been finalised — and it’s set to be…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Government productivity plan — live reaction

The Treasury’s productivity plan proposes converting colleges into Institutes of Technology, moving away from the per-qualification funding system for…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Outstanding BTec learners honoured at plush Royal Horticultural Halls event

The country’s most outstanding BTec learners and providers were celebrated in the plush setting of London’s Royal Horticultural Halls. Comedian…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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What does the government’s productivity plan mean for FE and skills?

The Treasury this morning published its eagerly-awaited productivity plan. Here, FE Week examines the main headlines for the FE and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Lords social mobility committee looks at apprenticeships

Careers advice, the government’s 3m apprenticeship target and impact of the FE funding cuts were at the top of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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FE lecturers in London for annual ATL conference

Members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers will meet in Central London today for its annual FE conference….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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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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Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
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
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

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

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Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

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

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Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

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