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Jobcentres steer teens away from traineeships

Jobcentre Plus (JCP) advisers have been told not to direct 18 and 19-year-olds to the government’s flagship traineeship scheme…

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FE Week Reporter
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Still no end in sight to SFA software nightmare

There remains no end in sight to the problems faced by providers trying to use new funding software to…

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FE Week Reporter
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Boss speaks out over payments ‘dispute’

The managing director of a London-based independent learning provider has defended his firm after details of an alleged subcontractor…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Gove attacked over excellent ‘extra-curricular’ claims

Funding for “expensive and untested” free schools should be used to improve extra-curricular activities at existing institutions, Sixth Form…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Principal ‘devastated’ by girl’s nursery death

The principal of a Yorkshire college said she had been “devastated” by the death of a three-year-old girl who…

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FE Week Reporter
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Euro funding could be better spent locally — DWP official

European funding for tackling youth unemployment could have been better spent at local level, a Department for Work and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Provider staff admit ripping off taxpayers

The boss of A4e has spoken of his disappointment at four former employers after they admitted ripping off taxpayers…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Loans process ‘putting off learners’

Fears have been raised that a lengthy application process for FE loans could be putting people off starting courses….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Hayes in FE ‘comeback’ after year out

Former Skills Minister John Hayes has called for more to be done to improve careers advice for young people…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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£20m scheme to recruit 500 extra maths teachers for FE sector unveiled

Graduate maths teachers who choose to teach in FE colleges will get a bonus of up to £10,000 under…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Survey shows employers can’t fill 22pc of vacancies

Nearly a quarter of vacancies in the UK have gone unfilled because of a shortage of much-needed skills, a…

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FE Week Reporter
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Fraction of FE loans paid out for apprenticeships

Just a fraction of the 25,200 FE loans taken out between August and October last year were for apprenticeships,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform

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

Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

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…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

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,…

Jessica Hill
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
Shane Chowen
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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Anviksha Patel
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Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen