Opinion

More focus please

Traineeships definitely need to be reviewed – as they’re still not really taking off with learners and aren’t serving...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Learning and Work Institute boss David Hughes will be new AoC chief executive

The Association of Colleges (AoC) has announced David Hughes as its new chief executive – just five months after...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Money-saving claim disputed as BIS confirms ‘FE brain drain’ plans

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has claimed the decision confirmed today to close its Sheffield office...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Lord Sugar returns to enterprise tsar role to drive recruitment for apprentices

Lord Sugar has accepted a second “enterprise tsar” role to encourage more young people onto apprenticeships — but this...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Exclusive: College considers union call for principal pay cut as job losses planned

The University and College Union (UCU) has called on Cornwall College Group principal Amarjit Basi to take a pay...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Higher education white paper criticised for lack of focus on college provision

The government has been criticised for largely ignoring the role of FE colleges play with delivering degree level provision...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Fraudster jailed for 15 months after faking apprenticeship certificates

A man has been jailed for 15 months for defrauding New College Swindon out of almost £43,000 of Skills...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Out-of-area funding exposes devolution ‘postcode lottery’

> ‘Valuable analysis’ shows 20 per cent of adult funding being spent on learners outside region of the provider...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Growth requests offered for any apprenticeship standards

Growth requests are being offered for the delivery of any of the new apprenticeship standards, FE Week can reveal....

Paul Offord
Paul Offord