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Ten colleges with half billion pound total income join forces

Ten colleges in the North West have joined forces to form a joint venture company boasting a combined income…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Education Funding Agency to publish 16 to 18 payments

The Education Funding Agency is to start publishing information on the value of providers’ 16 to 18 delivery, FE…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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EFA name first seven colleges allowed to recruit full time 14 and 15-year-olds

Seven colleges will be taking up the opportunity, for the first time, to directly enrol full-time 14 and 15 year…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Apprenticeships reforms ‘precisely what’s needed’

Proposals to reform the apprenticeship funding system have been welcomed by former Dragons’ Den investor Doug Richard, nine months…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Government says sorry to college

A Dorset college that was wrongly labelled as under-performing in official statistics has won an apology. Kingston Maurward College,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Household names get SFA budget cuts

Government funding budgets for training at major UK firms has been slashed, new figures have shown. Firms such as…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Minister ‘behind’ action over inadequate provider

Moves to tackle poor provision by Elmfield were ordered personally by Skills Minister Matthew Hancock before its inadequate grading…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College sell-off hit by ‘summer closure’ delay

Uncertainty continues to hang over the future of K College, which is being broken up following a “failed merger”,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Could Prospects be first to join college sector?

An Essex-based charity is understood to be in talks to become the first independent training provider to be legally…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Download the summer lite edition

Download your free copy of the FE Week summer 2013 lite edition, sponsored by NOCN. Click here to download…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Apprenticeship funding consultation launched

A “radical” overhaul of apprenticeship funding has been outlined by the government in response to a review by former…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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FE Week 2012/13 round-up

FE Week has quickly built a reputation for being a high quality weekly printed newspaper, but we also publish many of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

Must read

Awarding

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
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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel