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Foundation appoints ‘learner voice’ to directors board

Student leader Joe Vinson has been given a seat on the director’s board of the Education and Training Foundation...

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Administered college gets ‘direct’ role in sale of provision

Troubled K College is back on the market — this time with its own corporation playing a greater role...

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Inspectors get college careers advice guidance

Ofsted inspectors have been issued new guidance on judging colleges’ provision of independent careers guidance. According to the education...

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Minister takes ‘full responsibility’ as SFA software issues go on

Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has apologised for the Skills Funding Agency’s (SFA) new payment software fiasco after initially seeming...

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Teenage participation behind new DfE probe by audit office

The Department for Education (DfE) is facing a second National Audit Office probe, with efforts to increase participation in...

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Loans system ‘leads to 18 pc’ fall in learner numbers

The FE loans system could lead to a drop in learner numbers of up to 18 per cent, a...

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Colleges hit by 18-year-old funding rate cut far worse than school sixth forms, government assessment reveals

Colleges will be hit by a controversial funding rate cut for 18-year-olds far worse than school sixth forms, a much-anticipated...

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Providers ‘at fault’ for new funding system fiasco says Skills Minister Matthew Hancock

Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has laid the blame for the Skills Funding Agency’s new payment software fiasco on providers’ “own...

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Tribute to adult learning champion Chris Taylor who has died, aged 60

The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has paid tribute to an award-winning former employee and “passionate supporter...

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