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Funding facing further formulation

The Skills Funding Agency today publish an updated version of A New Streamlined Funding System for Adult Skills. The...

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FE colleges to be reclassified by Office for National Statistics

General further education (FE) colleges are to be reclassified as no longer being a part of central government. The...

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MPs slam ‘shocking’ special needs system figures

A third of all 18-year-olds with special educational needs are not in any form of education, work or training,...

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Apprenticeships inquiry to hold first evidence session next week

The first evidence session on an inquiry into apprenticeships will be held this week. On Thursday, the Business, Innovation...

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Colleges, are you ready for the raising of the participation age?

Increasing the minimum age at which young people in England can leave education or training is an unsettling prospect....

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Quarterly rise in young NEETs

The number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) in the last three months of 2011...

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Minister announces bursaries for ITE in FE

Skills minister John Hayes has set out funding available to those undertaking initial teacher education (ITE) to teach in...

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Jason Holt takes charge of employer-led review into SMEs and apprenticeships

Social entrepreneur and jeweller Jason Holt is to head-up an employer-led review into apprenticeships. Mr Holt, CEO of Holts...

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Youth unemployment on the rise despite apprenticeship initiatives

Youth unemployment rose by 22,000 in the three months leading up to December 2011, according to the Office for...

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FE Week Reporter