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DfE launches consultation on plans to fund £80m college pension contribution increase

The Department for Education is consulting on plans to provide extra funding to cover the estimated £80 million rise...

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Fifth consecutive grade three Ofsted report for troubled London college

A London college previously at the centre of controversy involving the Grenfell Tower has received its fifth consecutive grade...

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ESFA appoints Kate Josephs as director of funding

A top government academies official has been appointed as the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s new director of funding....

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Highbury College in £1.4m legal battle with Nigerian state

A college has called in the lawyers to recover a long-running £1.4 million debt held up in Nigeria, after...

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College ends use of corporate credit cards after its former principal claimed £40k expenses

A college in financial difficulty has ended the use of corporate cards for senior staff after its former high-profile...

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DfE publishes 20% off-the-job training ‘mythbusters’

The Department for Education has published new guidance on the controversial 20 per cent off-the-job training rule for apprentices,...

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DfE plans first ever FE workforce survey exclusively for non-colleges

The government has revealed plans for its first ever FE workforce survey exclusively for non-colleges to better understand the...

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College gets its ‘good’ Ofsted rating back a year after mega-merger

A college that saw its Ofsted grade slip two years ago while it battled with deteriorating finances has got...

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ESFA quietly launches reapplications to ‘tougher’ apprenticeship provider register

The government has begun inviting providers to reapply to its refreshed apprenticeship provider register – with the first group...

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