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Youth unemployment rises as overall rate falls

The number of young people out of work has risen despite the overall unemployment rate remaining the same in…

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Nick Linford
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Latest figures reveal just 24 loan applications from apprentices

Just 24 apprentices have applied for 24+ Advanced Learning Loans since the scheme was launched prompting a sector head…

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Nick Linford
Bulletin, News

Live updates: A-level results day 2013

Pictures and messages from colleges across England, celebrating A-level results day. Joanna Elmore , 23, from Selsdon achieved three…

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Study suggests experience of paid work while in full-time education increases job chances

Young people who experience a workplace environment while in full-time education are far more likely to land a job…

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Nick Linford
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Benefits concerns over traineeship hours

The government has been pressed to launch an “urgent review” of traineeships over fears the programme could hit learner…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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SFA publishes £283m of inter-lead subcontracting for first time

Lead providers took on nearly £300m of subcontracted provision last academic year, Skills Funding Agency (SFA) figures have revealed….

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Nick Linford


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A principal first for Gateshead College

New Gateshead College principal and chief executive Judith Doyle said she was “thrilled” and “proud” to be taking up…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Listen to BBC Radio 4 Today programme discuss FE recruitment at 14

At 06:50 this morning the BBC Radio 4 Today programme interviewed Mike Hopkins, Principal of Middlesbrough College, and Professor…

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Nick Linford
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FE sector launches self-improvement body

A ceremonial handing over of the Education and Training Foundation’s certificate of incorporation sealed the new FE sector self-improvement…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Minister takes to Twitter to say ‘thanks’ as LSIS programmes end

The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) programmes and support officially ended last night, and key sector figures took…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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AoC on lookout for “good” zero-hour contracts

The Association of Colleges (AoC) is on the hunt for “good” examples of zero-hour contracts amid an investigation into…

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Nick Linford
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Prison warning for college spending officer

A Lancashire college purchasing officer could be facing a spell behind bars after she used a work credit card…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

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

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