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Provider hits back at ‘unfounded claim’

The boss of an Essex-based training provider has said a local college was refusing to pay its apprenticeship bill…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Firms primed for new status after success on apprentices

Two Midland-based training providers have made the shift from delivering apprenticeships for lead providers to dealing directly with the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Elmfield Training ‘tells 400’ staff their jobs are at risk

A training provider that helped deliver one of the UK’s biggest apprenticeship programmes at Morrisons is shedding a third…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Colleges underdeliver by ‘£45m to £60m’

The Association of Colleges (AoC) has estimated that colleges failed to deliver between £45m and £60m of adult provision…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Government figures reveal a ten per cent fall in 16-18 apprenticeships

The government has conceded that under 19 apprenticeships were proving a “major challenge” after official figures showed a 10…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Principal quits on day of strike

The principal of a Kent College with a £11m budget deficit has quit on the same day as a…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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SquadUK’s GOLD Success at EuroSkills 2012

Squad UK are celebrating their tremendous success at EuroSkills 2012 this evening after achieving 7 medals. Squad UK won…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Learners ‘miss out on £630m’ as Skills Funding Agency discover under-delivery

Providers failed to deliver on nearly 17 per cent of the Skills Funding Agency’s £3.8bn allocation for the past…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Labour plans for a Tech Bacc welcomed

Further education leaders have backed Ed Miliband’s proposals for a new Technical Baccalaureate. The Association of Employment and Learning…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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FE comparison website leaves users ‘confused’

An independent review has branded the government’s £30m FE Choices website “bland” and “ambiguous”. The site, which compares the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Next Step fails to hit the mark in London

A survey on a countrywide government careers advice service uncovered varying levels of satisfaction and methods of delivery. The…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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Colleges, Long read

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…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

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

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel