Opinion

Youth unemployment tops the Budget agenda for FE and skills

A host of policy announcements figured in Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement. Mick Fletcher looks at those affecting FE....

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Software problems in ‘Lars of the Summer Whine’

Problems with new Skills Funding Agency (SFA) software continue to trouble FE staff as they prepare to attempt submitting...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

AoC chief Martin Doel warns Vince Cable against FE raid to fund HE shortfall as Budget looms

The chief executive of the Association of Colleges has warned Business Secretary Vince Cable against raiding the FE budget...

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Nick Linford
News

Quals firm four given corruption trial date

Four staff at an Eastbourne-based firm that prints qualification certificates have been given their trial date on corruption charges....

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

College staff strike over pay after last-minute talks fail to avert industrial action

Colleges across the country have been hit with industrial action as staff took part in strikes over pay. Members...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Quarter of FE loans are waiting to be processed

Just over a quarter of applications for FE loans had not been successfully processed by the end of October,...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

Highlights from the AoC conference 2013

Download your free copy of the FE Week 16-page highlights from the AoC conference 2013 supplement, sponsored by NOCN....

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News

Two rounds of college funding unleash £232m in government cash

The government is to release £232.7m of funding to revamp more than 50 colleges who will match-fund with £250m...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Careers guidance in ‘crisis’ as survey finds less than one in five given vocational qualification advice

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned that careers guidance is “heading towards a cliff edge”, joining sector-wide...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford