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Apprentices set for 7p rise in minimum wage as Low Pay Commission says rise in line with 16 and 17-year-old ‘normal’ workers is ‘too expensive’ for businesses

Apprentices look set for a 7p rise in their national minimum wage of £2.73 an-hour while proposals to shift…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Government to review new college incorporation process after report claims PROCAT project was ‘successful’

The process for establishing new FE colleges could be out of date, the government has warned after reviewing the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Wolf review: 20 of 27 recommendations implemented, government claims

Most of Professor Alison Wolf’s recommendations for reform of 14 to 19 vocational education have been implemented, the government…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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NUS report paints bleak picture of ‘exploited’ apprentices

The National Union of Students (NUS) has issued a damning report on the issue of apprentice pay, branding the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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‘More resources’ defence to digital criticism

The Association of Colleges (AoC) has defended its members’ efforts to meet business needs for a digitally skilled workforce…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Feltag review says leaders have power to ‘make tech happen’

Further education leaders must be at the forefront of improving technology use in the sector and implementing the recommendations…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Funding fears as leps document reveals ‘relationship’ requirement

Colleges could lose out on funding if local enterprise partnerships (Leps) don’t engage with them, Association of Colleges chief…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Parties challenged on ‘experiential careers advice’

Skills Show organisers Find a Future have challenged political parties to promise young people access to “experiential careers advice”….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Government scraps ‘deterrent’ apprentice rule

A controversial five-year rule that has put off “hundreds” of potential apprentices by forcing them to re-sit GCSEs they…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Commissioner visits first two local authority providers

The FE Commissioner has made his first two visits to inspect local authority provision, FE Week can reveal. Dr…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Niace and Inclusion merger casts jobs shadow

Staff at the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (Inclusion)…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Careers advice hotline brought under one roof

Careers advice hotline services for young people and adults are to be brought under one roof after Serco was…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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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…

Jessica Hill
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’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel