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All private training providers told current adult education contract will terminate next July

Private training providers have been told their current adult education contracts will end next July – rather than be...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Transparency questions raised over cash for consultants

Consultants working with colleges on FE and skills area reviews have been paid £3.5m in ‘transition grants’, FE Week...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Council u-turn on outsourcing adult education

Councillors have U-turned on their decision to outsource local authority adult learning services – citing the current area reviews...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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MPs given clearest public indication yet of u-turn on apprenticeship funding cuts

Top skills mandarins have given the clearest public indication yet that they will reverse huge apprenticeship funding cuts exposed by...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Ministerial bypass sparks ‘woeful’ area review row

The UCU has blasted the “woeful” lack of transparency in the area review process, after it emerged that key...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Council wants small-school sixth forms to merge or close

Brighton and Hove council wants to merge or close its small-school sixth forms, it has announced following a review...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Ofsted picks Damar to train its apprentices

Ofsted is using just one training provider for its new cohort of 31 apprentices, FE Week can reveal. The...

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Jude Burke
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AoC calls for delay to apprenticeship funding reforms for first time

The Association of Colleges’ has for the first time added its voice to organisations calling for a delay to...

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Jude Burke
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Principal of inadequate college resigns despite ‘full backing’ from governors

The principal of a troubled college is stepping down just six weeks after he was given the “full backing”...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke