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DfE to scrap FE teacher bursary programme

The government is to scrap FE teacher bursaries, in a move that has been described as a “slap in...

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Schools hit with warning letters after flouting Baker clause

Ten large academy trusts flouting the Baker clause will soon be issued letters from the skills minister to “remind...

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Ofsted watch: Mixed week for FE providers

It has been a mixed week for FE in Ofsted reports, as some providers celebrated ‘good’ first inspections while...

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ESFA shake-up places a new director of funding in charge of its £63 billion budget

The Education and Skills Funding Agency is preparing to move towards a “single Funding Operations Centre of Excellence” as...

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Pippa Allen-Kinross
Bulletin, Movers and Shakers

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 266

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving Dafydd Williams, chair, Hull College Start date: January 2019 Previous job:...

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Careers and Enterprise Company says it can’t provide apprenticeship advisers

The Department for Education has been criticised for spending tens of thousands of pounds on apprenticeship advisers, as a government-created careers guidance organisation...

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Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Demands grow for more transparency from government on apprenticeship levy spending

The City and Guilds Group has added its voice to the growing clamour demanding more transparency from the government...

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Lifelong learning campaigners join forces to launch ‘centenary commission’ on adult education

Leading universities and educational charities have joined forces to create a new commission into the adult education challenges faced...

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Two thirds of schools still flouting Baker clause a year after introduction

Two-thirds of schools are still flouting the controversial Baker clause a year after it was introduced – leading to...

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Pippa Allen-Kinross