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Provider contract to be cut short amid debt claim

The Skills Funding Agency is tearing up an £800,000 training contract with a Hertfordshire-based provider amid claim the firm…

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Pearson puts 560 staff at jobs risk

Hundreds of FE workers are facing redundancy after Pearson announced it was planning to close an adult education branch…

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FE Week Reporter
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New chair Stott starts with AoC

new governors’ chair has been appointed at the Association of Colleges after John Bingham stepped down following six years…

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FE Week Reporter
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No more funding for qualifications, warns SFA

Providers and employers could be set to lose funding for qualifications in a clampdown on awarding organisations that don’t…

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FE Week Reporter
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Fears over new apprenticeship code

A new code of conduct at the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) for dealing with queries about providers has sparked…

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FE Week Reporter
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Government reveals plans for traineeships

Plans for a new training scheme to equip young people with the “confidence, skills and experience needed to find work” has…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Hundreds of jobs at risk as Pearson announces closure of adult education business

More than 550 staff are facing an uncertain future after Pearson announced it was dropping its UK adult education…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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‘Alarming’ SFA £91m overpayment

Providers were overpaid £91m in the past academic year, the Skills Funding Agency has revealed. Kim Thorneywork, the agency’s…

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FE Week Reporter
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Limited marketing ‘potentially disastrous’

A shadow minister has said that the lack of a “proper” national marketing budget to inform mature students of…

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FE Week Reporter
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SFA crackdown finds no subcontractors to list

A promised list of banned subcontractors, due out last November, has no one to go on it. In August,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Birmingham principal honoured

A college principal “hasn’t quite come to terms with the news”  that she is now a dame. Dr Christine…

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FE Week Reporter
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Youngsters stranded by company administration

A London-based social enterprise company that worked with young adults to help them to find jobs has gone into…

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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
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…

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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,…

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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