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Senior MPs to grill DfE on £792m spent on troubled UTCs

The public accounts committee (PAC) will quiz officials from the Department for Education on the financial stability of university...

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Broker offering subcontracting deal for ‘completed’ 16-18 sport trainees

A learner find firm is attempting to broker a subcontracting deal for 16 to 18-year-old trainees who have already...

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BMet sells Stourbridge campus for just £3.55m

A college campus that was controversially closed last summer has been sold for £3.55 million, just five years after...

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UK colleges remain open in Coronavirus ‘delay’ phase as France and Ireland set to close

Closing schools and colleges at this stage in the spread of the coronavirus epidemic could do “more harm than...

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Minister promises ‘significant funding’ in ‘coming year’ for SME apprenticeships, claims AELP

New skills minister Gillian Keegan has pledged “significant funding” for additional small business apprenticeships in the “coming year”, the...

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Treasury pours cold water on hopes for extra SME apprenticeship funding

Hopes for new apprenticeship funding have been swiftly crushed after the Treasury confirmed that today’s budget offers no extra...

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Budget DOES include manifesto promise of extra £4bn of FE funding in England

The chancellor has confirmed the Conservative manifesto commitments for FE, including a £1.5 billion boost to upgrade college buildings...

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Coronavirus: ‘Break in learning’ rule suspended for affected apprentices

The government will allow apprentices to have a “break in learning” if they cannot be assessed due to the...

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Undeclared £20k bonus ‘honest error’, claims college boss

A college has fessed up to failing to declare a £20,000 bonus made to its principal in 2018 amid...

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