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Talks to address apprenticeship concerns

Apprenticeship providers plan conference as criticism mounts over numerous “worthless” delivery models Training providers have called for talks on…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Department for Education launch 16-19 Funding Formula Review

The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove has launched a consultation to reform and simplify the ‘16-19 funding…

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FE Week Reporter
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UCT sells Ufi Limited to Lloyds TSB Development Capital (LDC)

The Ufi Charitable Trust (UCT) has sold part of its business to Lloyds TSB Development Capital (LDC) for £40…

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FE Week Reporter
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Union warns of lost Bombardier apprenticeships

Around 250 young people will be affected by lost apprenticeships and engineering jobs at Bombardier, a union has warned….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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WorldSkills London 2011: The people who make it happen

It takes a lot of people to run the globe’s largest skills competition – but WorldSkills London 2011 will…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Mail on Sunday on ‘the great apprentice jobs racket’

Today the Mail on Sunday published an article which was highly critical of the growth in apprenticeships, particularly at…

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FE Week Reporter


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Good luck with R02

Colleges and other providers are being reminded that the first ‘required’ Individualised Learner Record (ILR) is due by 6pm…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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No change to MLPs

 The SFA and YPLA have confirmed that there will be no change to Minimum Levels of Performance (MLP). The…

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FE Week Reporter
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No delay to simplification of adult funding formula

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is rumoured to be shortly announcing a delay to the full roll-out of a…

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FE Week Reporter
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The SFA survey says…

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) have published the results from their first College and Training Organisation Survey. Responses were…

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FE Week Reporter
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FE colleges could be “left to stand on their own two feet”

Government reforms could see colleges given greater freedoms under plans to deregulate further education (FE). The Education Bill, which…

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FE Week Reporter
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Lifelong Learning Accounts launched without a launch

  Lifelong Learning Accounts were made available last week despite no formal announcement and minimal publicity from the Department…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

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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…

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

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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…

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