News

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...

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FE Week Reporter
News

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...

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FE Week Reporter
Uncategorized

EuroSkills 2012 gets underway in true Olympian style

A glitzy opening ceremony, complete with an Olympics-style countdown clock, welcomed the UK’s 22-strong team to the EuroSkills competition...

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Profiles

Jaine Bolton, chief operating officer, National Apprenticeship Service

Growing up in England’s industrial heartland of the Midlands, Jaine Bolton’s childhood dream was a simple one — to...

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FE Week Reporter
News

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...

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FE Week Reporter
News

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...

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FE Week Reporter
News

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...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Empowering learners through new legislation

The Education Act 2011 has been widely heralded as a positive move for the FE sector, providing colleges with...

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FE Week Reporter
News

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...

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FE Week Reporter