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MPs hear young apprenticeship programme comeback call

Apprenticeships for 14 to 16-year-olds should make a comeback, sector experts have told MPs. All eight witnesses appearing before...

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Agency review puts 1,600 quals in the funding firing line

Public funding for nearly 700 adult qualifications is to be axed while a further 972 are also at risk...

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College follows commissioner’s first merger advice

The first of three colleges that FE Commissioner Dr David Collins suggested would struggle to maintain their long-term independence...

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Strode scores outstanding clean sweep

A Somerset college has scored a clean sweep of outstanding headline ratings in a glowing Ofsted report. Strode College,...

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Local authorities losing Neets track say MPs

Participation in education, employment and training among 16, 17 and 18-year-olds will not improve unless the government tackles problems...

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Sixth form college bosses’ £500 ‘incentive’ raises ethics query

Concerns about the “ethical use of funding” have been raised after a sixth form college started advertising £500 incentives...

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Police on campus after bomb accused in court

The principal of a college at the centre of an alleged bomb plot has sought to reassure staff and...

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DfE borrowing move ‘unfair’ — SFCA

The Department for Education (DfE) has defended its continued refusal to exempt sixth form colleges from VAT after a...

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Workload fears for new SFA boss

Concern has been raised about the workload of Education Funding Agency (SFA) chief executive Peter Lauener after the same...

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