News

Dr Lynne Sedgmore to become FE and skills’ first Poet Laureate

*** Hands up if you fell for it? Yes, this was our April Fool’s Day 2015 prank story, and...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Hopes for end to confusion over official apprenticeship hunt websites

Concerns that two official internet search engines for apprenticeships were causing confusion among potential applicants are expected to be...

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Nick Linford
News

Education ringfence meant 16 to 18 providers ‘missed out on £1.2bn’ since 2010

An extra £1.2bn could have been dished out to 16 to 18 providers since 2010 if the government’s education...

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Nick Linford
News

More colleges must pass the FE Commissioner test before guidance on ending his intervention, says BIS

Principals will have to wait for more struggling colleges to emerge successfully from the FE Commissioner process before the...

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Nick Linford
News

FE colleges set for £61m for higher education next year

General FE and sixth form colleges will receive £61m from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) for...

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Nick Linford
Opinion

Are FE loans here to stay?

Government proposals to extend loans to level two and also include learners from the age of 19 were put...

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Nick Linford
News

Loans plan on hold for review of ‘overall funding for skills provision’

Government plans to extend the reach of the FE loans system have been put on hold pending a review...

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Nick Linford
Opinion

Is it possible to survive the 24 per cent adult skills cuts?

As if the numbers themselves didn’t paint the picture clearly enough, Association of Colleges (AoC) research today highlighted just...

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Nick Linford
News

Government consultation on future of FE provides opportunity for more funding questions

A wide-ranging government consultation on the future of FE that launched today has prompted sector calls for a rethink...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford