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College-sponsored school shuts after just two years

Leaders of a general FE college that sponsored a local school have seen it forced to close just two...

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‘Odious’ rule to be automatically written out of frameworks

The government has agreed to the automatic scrapping of a rule that forces apprentices to re-sit qualifications they already...

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Barnfield looks for ‘new partners’ after academies split rubber-stamped

Barnfield College is “looking to forge new relationships” with partners in the education sector after Whitehall rubber-stamped its split...

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Numeracy and literacy not just learner issues

The FE sector has to face up to low levels of literacy and numeracy among staff if it wants...

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Fraudster poses as principal ordering urgent payment

A fraudster posing as a London college principal has been foiled in the latest in a string of attempted...

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FE college UTC heads out of special measures

A University Technical College (UTC) which had to be rescued by its local FE college after a damning Ofsted...

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Back to the drawing board on merger as financial rescue plan rejected

A Hampshire sixth form college has had to go back to the drawing board in its search for a...

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Skills Minister admits ‘no plans to promote new SFCs’

Skills Minister Nick Boles told the House of Commons the government has no intention of “promoting the establishment” of...

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Apprenticeship week keenness at Milton Keynes

Staff at Milton Keynes College were among thousands of sector workers up and down the country to have set...

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