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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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First notice of concern issued over ‘significant deficit’

A Kent college has become the first provider to get a government warning that could lead to the withdrawal…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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An interview with Matthew Hancock, the new Minister for Skills

The new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills (left) came in for his first sector grilling today when…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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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
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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,…

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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

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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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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…

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Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

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