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Doomed Black Country UTC failed to promote vocational options, inspectors find

The damning Ofsted report cited as one of the reasons behind the closure of one of the flagship University Technical...

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‘Casualised’ work contracts damaging 40 pc of FE workers’ home-ownership hopes, UCU research finds

Nearly 40 per cent of FE workers struggle to get a mortgage because of their “casualised” employment contracts, research...

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Two Devon colleges facing combined £4m budget shortfall for 2015/16 consider merger

Two Devon-based colleges that need to make around £4m savings between them over the next academic year could merge....

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Report calls on government to extend providers’ prison learning contracts for a year

The Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA) has called on Business Secretary Sajid Javid and Justice Secretary Michael Gove to extend...

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Hundreds of Yorkshire colleges’ jobs set for axe

More than 200 college jobs are facing the axe in West Yorkshire in a bid by management at Leeds...

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Priory ordered to leave Trailblazer group

Priory Central Services has been ordered to leave the healthcare employers’ Trailblazer group after it was hit with a...

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As you are for Labour FE

Labour’s top education and business teams have emerged from a post-election mini-reshuffle identical to their pre-election make-up. Acting Labour...

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Question marks hover over BIS future

Concerns about the future of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) may spark an investigation by a...

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Farewells to sector ‘champion’

Sector leaders lined up to pay tribute to the efforts of former Business Secretary and self-proclaimed FE-saviour Dr Vince...

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