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Monthly apprenticeships update: July starts down 43% on 2016

Apprenticeship starts for July are down 43 per cent on the same month in 2016 – but up 21...

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High Court Judge places 3aaa into compulsory liquidation

Former apprenticeship provider Aspire Achieve Advance has been placed into compulsory liquidation, after a High Court Judge accepted a...

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Another studio school to close – meaning nearly half have wound up

A studio school in Bath that has struggled to meet costs as a result of severely low student numbers...

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Four colleges set for strike action as new trade union laws ‘frustrate’ UCU

Staff are likely to strike at four colleges this term, but union members are in uproar as ballots at...

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Campaign launched to ‘Raise the Rate’ of sixth form funding

Twelve school and college associations have written to the chancellor to urge him to increase funding for sixth form...

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Revealed: Colleges lose £1.1m under controversial English and maths condition-of-funding rules

Five training providers have been stripped of more than £100,000 due to the controversial English and maths condition-of-funding rule,...

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£50k to join ESFA ‘top-quality’ apprenticeship register

Concerns have been raised about a loophole in the government’s apprenticeships register after a broker advertised how companies can...

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Dame Asha steps down from IfA board

Dame Asha Khemka has left her role as an Institute for Apprenticeships board member, following her resignation from West...

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Mayor of London plans party to celebrate AEB devolution

London’s mayor will host a party to celebrate taking control of the capital’s adult education budget next year –...

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