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Stoke-on-Trent silent on severance pay for job-switch CEO

A cash-strapped college will not explain why it paid thousands of pounds in severance to its former chief executive...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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FE commissioner forces merger at Guildford College

A financially challenged college is being forced into a merger as it becomes only the second institution to be...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Apprenticeship funding bands set to change

Apprenticeship funding bands might be about to change – because employers “do not feel able” to negotiate with providers...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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College principal named in HE funding review panel

The panel undertaking a year-long review into higher education and funding, announced today by the prime minister, will include...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Ofsted watch: ITP goes straight in with a ‘good’

An independent training provider scored a grade two on its first ever inspection, in a week otherwise characterised by...

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Jude Burke
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College thrown £3m lifeline ahead of second attempt at merger

A cash-strapped college in line for a multi-million pound emergency bailout has announced plans for a make-or-break merger –...

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Jude Burke
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New ‘campus identifier’ paves way for Ofsted changes in 2019

A new college campus identifier will be introduced into individualised learner records from 2018/19, potentially paving the way for...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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First college created in 20 years hit with financial notice

An FE college that was only instituted in 2014 has been issued with a financial notice to improve, just...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Every adult should get £10,000 for education and training, influential report claims

Every adult should get £10,000 for a minimum of two years just to spend on education or training, so long...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke