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Unions and colleges to march on parliament to lobby for fair FE funding

Unions, college principals and staff will join forces on October 17 in a nationally coordinated lobby of MPs and...

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57 staff already appointed to the London Mayor’s £3m AEB team

The Greater London Authority has so far drafted in 57 new bureaucrats to handle the capital’s adult education budget...

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Ofsted watch: ‘Good’ news for a UTC and new apprenticeship providers

There was cause for celebration at a university technical college this week as it was rated ‘good’, while four...

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NCG tackles casual staff contracts

The nation’s largest college group has been praised for tackling “insecure” staff contracts, after it unveiled plans to move...

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ESFA hiring team to focus on audit and intervention at private training providers

The Education and Skills Funding Agency is to focus on intervention and prevention in independent training providers following a...

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EuroSkills 2018: Team UK given send-off at Parliament

“Endurance, fortitude and determination” are the qualities that each member of Team UK will need to beat Europe’s best,...

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AoC proposes introduction of HE levy to pay for developing new suite of higher level qualifications

The government should fund the development of new higher level qualifications, paid for by a “higher technical levy” or...

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Ofqual U-turns on T-level plans that would have forced students to wait a year for a retake

Ofqual will allow T-level exams to be taken more than once throughout the assessment year – meaning students will...

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Colleges in uproar as CITB tries to protect management fees with ‘reverse subcontracting’ deal

The Construction Industry Training Board is trying to force colleges to enter “reverse subcontracting” arrangements where it charges “unfair”...

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