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Isle of Wight studio school on the brink of closure

Another studio school that has severely struggled with recruitment has agreed to close “in principle”. Plans to shut the Isle of Wight Studio School in August 2019 were...

Principal departs from cash-strapped Barnfield College

The principal of a cash-strapped college recently forced to seek government bailouts has stepped down just a month after it was placed in administered status. Tim Eyton-Jones is...

Ofsted Watch: Tough week for providers inspected for first time

It has been a difficult week for first-time private providers, as one was rated ‘requires improvement’ and another was handed the dreaded grade four. Millennium Academy, based in...

Secret RoATP application window revealed

Thirty-six teacher training organisations have joined the register of apprenticeship training providers during a secret application window, FE Week can reveal. Employers and providers have been denied the...

Billy Camden

| 10:30, Apr 20, 2018

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Apprenticeship end-point assessment crisis exposed

The Institute for Apprenticeships has rejected concerns about apprentices being unable to graduate – accusing people who raise them as simply “inflammatory”. FE Week was first to...

Jude Burke

| 9:35, Apr 20, 2018

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Hull College staff want their CEO sacked after ice-cream ‘bribe’

Staff at the cash-strapped Hull College Group are demanding the immediate resignation of their chief executive after she offered discounted ice-creams to deter them participating in a protest...

Billy Camden

| 14:09, Apr 19, 2018

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Sixth-form colleges given access to government bailout fund

Sixth form colleges can now apply for government bailout cash, according to updated guidance published by the Department for Education this morning. The college financial intervention and exceptional...

Jude Burke

| 12:17, Apr 19, 2018

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MPs’ inquiry will look into long-term planning for FE

The Commons education committee will investigate long-term education investment – especially whether colleges and schools are getting the money they need. The influential group of MPs has launched...

Paul Offord

| 11:30, Apr 19, 2018

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Apprenticeship starts still in free-fall

Apprenticeship starts were down 31 per cent in January on the same period in 2017, the latest provisional government statistics have revealed. The news comes just days after...

Jude Burke

| 9:52, Apr 19, 2018

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South Wiltshire UTC rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted

Another University Technical College has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted, taking the total number in the category to six. Following an inspection in mid-February, the South Wiltshire UTC...

Freddie Whittaker

| 9:27, Apr 19, 2018

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Hull College staff ‘overwhelmingly’ vote to strike over 200 job cuts

Staff at the financially troubled Hull College Group have “overwhelmingly” backed strike action in a bitter dispute over the potential loss of up to 231 full-time jobs. In...

Billy Camden

| 14:48, Apr 18, 2018

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Time to close the loophole that harms Catholic SFCs

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