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Exclusive: Minimum price tag for apprenticeships to stop ‘race to bottom’

Apprenticeships will have a minimum price tag attached to them for the first time after the apprenticeship levy is...

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Students protest over college’s plan to axe courses

Students protested today outside Burton and South Derbyshire College over plans to axe their courses. The college confirmed to FE Week...

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Post-Brexit views from delegates

An FE Week Twitter poll on the opening day of the AELP conference asked whether Skills Minister Nick Boles...

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Boles upbeat over area reviews, despite continued delays

Post-16 education and skills area reviews have so far gone “surprisingly well”, according to Nick Boles, who has admitted...

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Fears private sector will ‘asset strip’ colleges

The FE sector could be facing a “fire sale” of FE colleges, according to shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden,...

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Clean sweep of notices of concern for Telford College of Arts and Technology

A college that recently tumbled from good to inadequate has become the first to have a clean sweep of...

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Marsden tackles Boles on traineeships fudge

The government risks “failing” a generation by mishandling its traineeship scheme, shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden, (pictured) has said....

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AELP Conference: Hottest topic was impact of vote to leave the EU

Key sector figures have urged the government to continue with its apprenticeship reforms following Thursday’s Brexit vote – and...

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AELP Conference: Get your foot in the LEP door

Learning providers should “push their foot through the door” with local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and not be “downhearted”, the...

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