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AoC survey reveals SME gloom on employee skills

A college representative body has marked the start of an annual celebration of the sector with a survey highlighting...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Skills minister ‘hopeful’ free level 3 quals will be revealed next month

The skills minister has said she is “hopeful” the list of free, first, full level 3 qualifications being funded...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Queen’s Birthday Honours: Who received what in FE?

A former college principal who championed further education and skills as a member of Parliament has been knighted in...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Bulletin, Movers and Shakers

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 329

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Darren Crossley, Chair, Carlisle College Start date: September 2020 Concurrent...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Colleges set to repeat foodbank partnership

A college group is planning on providing festive relief to families in need this Christmas by bringing back its...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Labour Party calls out ‘pitiful’ underinvestment in college estates

Labour has castigated the Conservatives for their “pitiful” investment in college estates, after a minister revealed that the average...

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Fraser Whieldon
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EuroSkills 2020 postponed ‘indefinitely’ due to Covid-19

The EuroSkills 2020 competition, in which the UK was due to compete in January, has been postponed indefinitely due...

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Fraser Whieldon
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One government department failed to recruit a single apprentice in 2019-20

Not a single apprentice started work at the Department for International Development in 2019-20. That’s according to the latest...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Mergers drag down college Ofsted grades

Ofsted inspection results for the college sector at the end of last year fell for the first time in...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon