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Acknowledging adult achievement

TV presenter Philippa Forrester enthusiastically kicked off the ceremony. “There’s a reason for all these balloons, all these candles,...

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FE Week Reporter
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FE loans ‘a difficult nettle to grasp’

David Hughes speaking at the Adult Learners’ Week Conference FE loans were a contentious topic at the conference and...

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FE Week Reporter
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Three arrested in SFO investigation

Three men have been arrested as part of an investigation into Luis Michael Training, a company which used to...

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FE Week Reporter
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City of Bristol College principal to retire after a decade in role

Keith Elliot, principal at City of Bristol College, has announced his plans to retire in July. The principal, who...

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FE Week Reporter
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FE loans market research published by BIS

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has published a research paper detailing how learners feel about the...

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FE Week Reporter
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FE is ‘very different kettle of fish’

The fast-approaching FE loans policy has been labelled as “very complex to implement”, “difficult to market” and cause for...

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FE Week Reporter
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BIS Select Committee announces final apprenticeship evidence session

The BIS Select Committee have announced details of their final evidence session on Apprenticeships. On the 16 May at...

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FE Week Reporter
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The Skills Funding Agency don’t do planning, and neither can you

When Skills Funding Agency (SFA) replaced the Learning and Skills Council in April 2010 a critical difference in function...

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FE Week Reporter
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FE loans to be called “24+ Advanced Learning Loans”

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has revealed to FE Week that the new FE loans system will...

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FE Week Reporter