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Ministers lobby for change in UTC admission age

The government is lobbying those in charge of controversial university technical colleges to move away from recruitment at 14,...

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Education committee chair urges chancellor to increase core FE funding

The chair of education select committee has urged the chancellor to “look very carefully” at the core level of...

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Cash-strapped merged college handed ESFA warning over ‘inadequate’ finances

A recently merged college with historical cash problems has received a financial health notice to improve after the government...

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Revealed: How 3aaa spent £1.6m on sponsorship at sports clubs

Crisis-hit Aspire Achieve Advance spent over £1.6 million of its mostly government-funded income on professional sports sponsorship deals. One...

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3aaa co-founder embroiled in police probe resigns as chair of academy trust

The co-founder of Aspire Achieve Advance has resigned from his position as chair of an academy trust, after the...

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Will DfE ban new apprenticeship providers with poor AEB provision in monitoring visits?

Ofsted is rating adult education in their monitoring visits of new apprenticeship providers – but the government doesn’t know...

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Apprenticeship giant 3aaa put into administration

Crisis-hit Aspire Achieve Advance has gone into administration – putting 500 jobs and the future of 4,500 apprentices at...

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DfE refers 3aaa to police following investigation

The Department for Education has referred Aspire Achieve Advance to the police following its investigation into the crisis-hit provider....

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Multi-academy trust backs chair embroiled in 3aaa police probe

An expanding academy trust is backing its chair despite the government referring his giant private training provider to the...

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