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Revealed: The colleges and local authorities allowed to keep £5m for courses that did not take place

Over £5 million in adult education budget funding was paid to 86 colleges and local authorities last year for...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Army recruits: IfA boss appoints his second-in-command

The Institute for Apprenticeships has appointed another military man as its second-in-command, following a “fair and open competition”. Robert...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Institute for Apprenticeships boss blasts AELP for ‘inflammatory’ end point assessment concerns

The boss of the Institute for Apprenticeships has hit out at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers for...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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College restructuring support update: £300m for 19 ‘significant’ applications approved

The government has approved more than £300 million to cover the cost of implementing post-area review changes, although the...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Revealed: Ofsted’s second report into ‘new’ apprenticeship providers

The second of a new wave of Ofsted early-monitoring visit reports keeping a close eye on newcomers to directly...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Government should do more to increase 16 to 18 apprenticeships, new report urges

The government should do more to boost the number of 16- to 18-year-olds doing apprenticeships due to the “overwhelming”...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Minister sets out success measures for FE Commissioner

The FE commissioner’s performance will be judged by the number of colleges falling into intervention among other measures, according...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Troubled Essex college set for merger rescue

A college that was told a year ago that it couldn’t survive on its own has announced plans to...

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Jude Burke
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Three-time ‘inadequate’ college merger completes

A college that was recently rated ‘inadequate’ for the third time in five years has finally completed a merger....

Jude Burke
Jude Burke