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Colleges lose £1.2 million under controversial condition-of-funding rules

Four providers have been stripped of more than £100,000 due to the controversial English and maths condition-of-funding rule, although...

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Budget 2017: Non-levy funding looms large

The autumn budget will be delivered by the chancellor on November 22, and leading sector bodies have made requests...

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‘DfE must employ civil servants who went to college’ says AoC boss

The chief of the Association of Colleges has publicly criticised the Department for Education for trying to reform the...

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DfE ‘watching it closely’ as management becomes England’s second most popular apprenticeship subject

Management has soared in popularity to become the second most common apprenticeship framework, FE Week analysis can reveal. According...

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Ex-learner guilty of rape at college criticised for safeguarding

A former student at a college that Ofsted identified as struggling from “endemic” sexualised behaviour has been found guilty...

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Lewisham Southwark College’s Cinderella story

Just two years ago, Lewisham Southwark College suffered the dubious honour of being the first FE and skills provider...

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Merger at risk over naming row

Yet another area review recommended college merger could be in trouble – due to an argument about a name....

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Ofsted plans to recruit staff with more experience of workplace training

A senior Ofsted figure has admitted the inspectorate needs to focus more on apprenticeship providers and will ask employers...

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Review of apprentice provider list planned

The government is already planning to review its register of apprenticeship training providers, but not until the new window...

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