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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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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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Providers no longer penalised for learners finding jobs

FE providers will no longer be penalised for learners on benefits leaving a course because they have obtained a...

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College refuses staff pay rise

Newcastle College has been branded “Scrooge” after refusing staff a nationally recommended 0.7 per cent pay rise. The University...

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Kirklees College “overjoyed” by good Ofsted report

A principal has taken a Yorkshire college from an “inadequate” to a “good” Ofsted grading after downsizing staff and...

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Camping courier apprenticeships get short shrift

The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has been continuing to advertise adult apprenticeships of less than a year, months after...

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Year-end ILR data deadline shifts

The deadline for Individual Learner Records (ILR) returns could be brought forward by three weeks in 2013 to the...

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Job losses as LSIS faces closure

As many as 162 people face losing their jobs after the government’s confirmation that the Learning and Skills Improvement...

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Landmark decision on under-16s

Colleges will be able to directly recruit full-time 14 to 16-year-olds for the first time from the start of...

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