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Education Secretary Nicky Morgan ‘dodges’ MPs’ careers questions

Sector leaders have called for more detail about how a new company set up by government to improve careers…

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Twelve months of change for Skills Minister and FE Week — a review of 2014

The past year was a dramatic one for FE Week which saw a change of editor and a major…

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FE Week Reporter
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Department for Education overtime payments up 40pc

Department for Education (DfE) overtime payments rocketed by nearly 40 per cent between September and November, it has been…

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FE Week Reporter
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Caretakers’ honour as New Year awards bring wide-ranging FE and skills recognition

The new year got off to a flying start for FE and skills with more than 30 sector figures named in…

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FE Week Reporter
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Land agreed for HS2 college

Plans for one of two high speed rail national college campuses are a step closer to fruition after Doncaster…

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FE Week Reporter
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Contingency plan assurance from SFA after latest Hub breakdown

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has assured providers that it has a contingency plan after the Hub suffered the…

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Certification pledge amid Skills for Logisitics closure

Providers have been given assurances that logistics apprenticeships will continue to be certificated after the industry’s Sector Skills Council…

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FE Week Reporter
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Bus service cuts hitting FE and skills attendance with learners not ‘even getting to college gates’

Years of funding cuts in local bus services that have seen around 2,000 routes being trimmed or ended has…

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Nick Linford
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Vote now: FE Week and Me photography competition 2014

The entries are in, the shortlist is finalised and it’s time for the winner of the FE Week and…

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Should former Barnfield boss Sir Peter hand back FE knighthood after inadequate rating?

Troubled Barnfield College has been described by Ofsted as having “no key strengths” — prompting question marks over whether…

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FE Week Reporter
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Two thirds of providers fail to hit allocations

Two thirds of FE and skills providers failed to deliver their final 2013/14 Adult Skills Budget (ASB) allocation by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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EXCLUSIVE: SFA hits providers with shock funding clawback warning

More than 700 colleges and independent learning providers have been warned by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) that they…

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