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Business Secretary Vince Cable calls for crackdown on ‘short-term tactical subcontracting’

Business Secretary Vince Cable has called on the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) to crack down on “short-term tactical subcontracting”….

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Training providers celebrate listings in Sunday Times’ ‘100 best companies to work for’

Two independent learning providers are celebrating being named on a prestigious list of the UK’s best companies to work…

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Commissioner suggests college help to Marine Society

The FE Commissioner has called for a distance learning provider to work with an FE college and raised doubts…

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Tribunal trademark victory forces company to rename

Bosses at Newcastle College have won their tribunal case against a Manchester-registered company forcing it to change its name….

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New college procedures ‘not fit for purpose’

Official procedures to become an incorporated college have been described as “not fit for purpose” by the first person…

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Ofsted ‘sea change’ over college finances

Ofsted has undergone a “sea change” in the way it looks at college finances, according to a principal who…

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Predictability plea as just 15 pc affected after clawback warning

The Association of Colleges (AoC) has supported Skills Funding Agency plans to make its funding system more “predictable” after…

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‘Careers advisers who don’t promote apprenticeships should be fired’

Failure to promote apprenticeships and traineeships should result in the sack for careers advisers, House of Commons Education Select…

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Teen confronts politicians over sixth form college VAT

A 17-year-old learner put School Reform Minister Nick Gibb and Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt on the spot as…

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BIS issues new list of named and shamed underpaying bosses

Apprenticeship employers were among the latest round of offenders named and shamed for failing to pay the national minimum…

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Apprentices’ ‘measly’ 2.6pc min wage rise

A proposed 2.6 per cent rise in the National Minimum Wage for apprentices has been branded “measly” by National…

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Byrne gives 16 to 19 ringfence assurance

Shadow Skills Minister Liam Byrne has pledged a Labour Government would not raid the 16 to 19 budget to…

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