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Budget 2018: Apprenticeship fees halved to 5% for small businesses

The 10-per-cent fee that small businesses must pay when they take on apprentices will be halved, the chancellor has...

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Budget 2018: Apprentice minimum wage set to rise again

The national minimum wage for apprentices will rise again in April, from £3.70 to £3.90 per hour, the chancellor...

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Greater London Authority’s adult education budget tender launched

The Greater London Authority has become the first devolved area to launch a tender for its adult education budget....

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College restructuring support: still less than half of £726m fund approved

The government has approved around £330 million to cover the cost of implementing post-area review changes so far. The...

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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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