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Stoke-on-Trent College received a half-million bailout

Stoke-on-Trent College is almost £16 million in the red and received more than £500,000 in exceptional financial support in...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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T-Levels consultation: Here’s what the sector really thinks

Tonight the T Level public consultation closes after running for 10 weeks and seeking answers to 45 questions. It sought...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE’s teaching and leadership in FE report: The five main findings

The Department for Education has today published a research report exploring quality of teaching and leadership in FE. ‘Teaching,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ten colleges failed to secure apprenticeship funding for small employers, DfE reveals

Ten colleges which once held contracts to deliver apprenticeships with small employers were not awarded funding in the recent...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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FE commissioner: Funding for Institutes of Technology is ‘too modest’

The £170 million funding pot for new Institutes of Technology will not enable them to have a significant impact...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Off-the-job qualifications can be included in apprenticeships, IfA confirms

Off-the-job technical qualifications can now be included in apprenticeships, the Institute for Apprenticeships has officially announced, confirming a significant...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Professional footballers found guilty of £5m apprenticeship subcontracting fraud

Two former professional footballers and two other men have been found guilty of scamming colleges out of £5 million...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Colleges ditch 14-16 provision to save their reputation

Two huge colleges are walking away from their 14-to-16 provision because the government’s new progress measures are too “onerous”...

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Billy Camden
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Nearly £25m in non-levy cash went to new providers

Around £25 million was given to providers entering the apprenticeship market for the first time in the controversial non-levy...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden