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Government slashes £11m from £20m adult traineeship budget

The Department for Education is to cut the budget for adult traineeships by more than half from August 2020....

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Lord Agnew to leave the DfE

Lord Agnew is to leave the Department for Education, FE Week’s sister paper FE Week understands. The junior academies...

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Billy Camden
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Provider advertises £30k reward in return for their ‘achieved learners’

A training provider is offering a reward of just under £30,000 for simply adding their data on achieved learners...

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Billy Camden
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Inspectorate apologises to college principal after reversing grade four

Ofsted has apologised and overturned a provisional ‘inadequate’ judgement after a college complained when inspectors alleged that student safety...

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Billy Camden
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Donelan promoted to universities minister and says FE to be decided tomorrow

Michelle Donelan has been appointed as the new universities minister – and has not ruled out also taking on...

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Billy Camden
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Gavin Williamson keeps education secretary role

Gavin Williamson is to stay on as education secretary following a post-Brexit ministerial reshuffle. However, it’s not known whether...

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Billy Camden
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Northern Powerhouse Partnership director tells education ministers they’ve ‘run out of time’

The director of George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse Partnership has called for skills policy to be fully devolved from Whitehall,...

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Billy Camden
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Williamson announces plan to scrap 5,000 qualifications – but will anybody notice?

A consultation on plans to remove funding for more than 5,000 legacy qualifications at level three and below has...

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Billy Camden
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Sixth form college staff to strike against 16-19 funding cuts in lead up to the budget

“Angry” sixth form college staff will hit the picket line tomorrow as they step up their protest against government...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden