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250 apprentices at risk of derailment at Bombardier

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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Conservatives call on employers to take on more apprentices

Apprenticeships, apprenticeships, apprenticeships. The vocational qualification was at the forefront of speeches made during the Conservative Party conference in…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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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…

FE Week Reporter
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…

FE Week Reporter
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…

FE Week Reporter
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…

FE Week Reporter
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…

FE Week Reporter
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…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

Must read

16-19

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
News

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…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

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

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

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…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill