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Provider budgets set for 15 pc cut, but apprenticeships protected

Further education providers face a 15 per cent cut in their adult skills budget allocations, the Skills Funding Agency…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Adult quals cull risks ‘throwing baby out with the bathwater’

The government risks “throwing the baby out with the bathwater” with cuts to qualifications it sees as worthless, FE…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Tributes to former Midland principal of 20 years Graham Moore

Further education leaders have paid tribute to ex-college principal of 20 years and former 157 Group chair Graham Moore…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Colleges win budget protection from 18 funding rate cut

Colleges facing a funding rate cut for their full-time 18-year-old learners will be protected from the controversial move inflicting…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Quality mark ‘still on the agenda’

The government has reaffirmed its commitment to Chartered Status amid growing concern that it might have been scrapped as…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Apprentice wage rise gets mixed welcome

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

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Wait for quals cut list set to continue

Awarding bodies are facing another month’s wait to find out if their qualifications have been saved from a public…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Shock £4m accounts black hole could lead to college fraud probe

The Skills Funding Agency is considering whether a London college should face financial investigation after a shock £4.1m black…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Inadequate appeal rejected by Ofsted

A large London college has had its appeal against an Ofsted inadequate grading thrown out. LeSoCo, formed through a…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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More evidence of government’s GCSE favouritism

Further evidence has emerged that the government already favours GCSEs, with Skills Minister Matthew Hancock having described Functional Skills…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Simple pass or fail gets Skills Minister’s green light

Proposals for apprentices to be successfully graded will pass, merit or distinction for their skills have been rejected, FE…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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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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Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud

Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
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Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards

Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units

Shane Chowen
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Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

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Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

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Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
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Young people

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

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