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Put the entire adult education budget out to tender, says AELP

The entire £1.5 billion adult education budget should be put out to tender owing to “persistent annual underspends and...

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T-level providers share ‘extremely tight’ timescale concerns

“Extremely tight” delivery timescales, a lack of viable industry placements and limited public transport are among the key challenges...

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Billy Camden
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College in fight to avoid merger after second grade 4 report published by Ofsted

A troubled land-based college has officially been rated ‘inadequate’ for the second time in a row, with Ofsted criticising...

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Billy Camden
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Edexcel further maths A-level paper replaced amid cheating concerns

An A-level paper due to be sat by thousands of students this Thursday is to be replaced amid concerns...

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Amidst low take-up predictions DfE to give £30k per T-level and ‘tolerance’ for under-delivery

The first wave of T-level providers are expected to recruit half the amount of students the government predicts, research...

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Bank forced to gift millions to college

Government officials forced a major bank to halve a £40 million unsecured loan after threatening to put a college...

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Billy Camden
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Huge adult education budget procurement underspend by colleges

Colleges underspent their original funding allocations awarded through the controversial 2017-18 adult education budget (AEB) procurement by a huge...

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Small employers finally invited onto the apprenticeships system – but only those already accessing non-levy funding

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has officially begun inviting non-levy employers and providers to test its digital apprenticeship...

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No mega-merger for Cornwall College after securing £30m bailout

Cash-strapped Cornwall College Group has secured a £30 million government bailout to drive forward its “fresh start” business plan,...

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Billy Camden