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Apprentice minimum wage to rise to £2.73 an-hour

The National Minimum Wage for apprentices is set to rise by 5p an-hour to £2.73, the Department for Business,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Adult skills funding rates untouched despite budget cuts

Adult skills funding rates in 2014/15 are to remain the same as this year, despite a 19 per cent…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Sector reacts positively to FE progression proposal from Labour taskforce

A Labour Skills Taskforce recommendation that school funding be withheld if students do not progress into FE, employment or…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Wait for new SFA funding rules is over

The wait for the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) 2014/15 funding rules is over. The new funding rules came out yesterday having…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Provider cuts averaging up to 15pc expected this week

Providers were expected to be hit with adult skills budget cuts  this week at an average of between 10 and…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Technology takes centre stage on future talks as politicians clash at 2030 skills report launch

Technology dominated the debate at a conference arranged to discuss the future of the UK skills sector. The UK…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Apprentices tell of careers guidance problems in ministerial debate

Apprentices from across the country aired their views on the programme at a debate in Central London. Reporter Rebecca…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Reforms signal ‘death’ of teen apprenticeships

An “enforced” employer’s fee for 16 and 17-year-old apprenticeships under government funding reforms could spell the end of the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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NCG loses DWP jobs contract

A multi-million pound government contract to find work for long-term unemployed people has been taken off NCG (formerly Newcastle…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Learners could have qualifications revoked

Past learners with a Warwickshire-based provider could have their qualifications taken away from them following a probe into allegations…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Commissioner findings add fuel to the Barnfield Federation fire

The FE Commissioner’s findings of his inspection of the under-fire Barnfield Federation have been published, giving another damning verdict…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Traffic lights warning on careers guidance progress

Not enough has been done to meet recommendations for the future of careers advice in England outlined by the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

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T Levels

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Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

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