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Special investigation: Why are colleges turning their backs on traineeships?

Colleges delivered less than a quarter of traineeships last year and nearly half across the country had no starts whatsoever, according to FE Week analysis of government figures. In fact, the Education and Skills Funding Agency is aware that only 24 per cent of traineeships were delivered by general further education colleges. That works out […]

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Fresh round of redundancies at Learndirect as funding dries up

Learndirect Ltd appears to be on the brink of collapse, after a fresh round of redundancies belied the fact that its efforts to generate new business have proved “impossible”. FE Week understands that the UK’s largest FE provider told the vast majority of its staff on April 23 that they are likely to lose their […]

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Hull College Group backs embattled chief executive in bitter redundancy row

UPDATE: UCU members at the Hull College Group will walk out on strike tomorrow (May 9) over plans to slash jobs. Hull College Group has “absolute confidence” in its under-fire chief executive and will not bow to staff and union pressure to fire her, it has announced. Staff who are members of the University and […]

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Should a college principal have multiple jobs?

Dr Sue Pember, director of policy and external relations at Holex, answers your questions on college governance, backed by her experience as principal of Canterbury College and in senior civil service posts in education and skills. Question One: Exceptions to exceptional support I keep hearing about failing colleges that merged in the area reviews and […]

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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 over job losses. Members of the University and College Union unanimously backed a vote of no-confidence in their boss Michelle Swithenbank today. It follows yesterday’s vote for […]

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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 total, 170 (79 per cent) of 214 the University and College Union members who voted at the college’s three campuses in Hull, Harrogate and Goole supported industrial […]

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CITB shedding 800 jobs as it pulls out of direct training

The Construction Industry Training Board will shed around 800 jobs over the next three years, in a radical overhaul of how it operates that will see it pull out of direct training. In its 2018-21 business plan, the CITB estimates that its current number of 1,370 employees will fall to around 560. It announced last […]

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CITB finds almost three quarters of Carillion apprentices new employers

Almost three quarters of the apprentices left jobless following the collapse of Carillion have secured new employment, following an “extraordinary effort” by the construction industry over the last month. At first, 700 were offered alternative apprenticeships by the end of January, after the outsourcing giant entered liquidation on the 15th. But attempts to move more […]

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Why is there no T-Level pathway for sport?

Elite sports is one of the hardest industries to break into, yet there are no plans for any technical routes, laments Jo Maher The independent panel on technical education’s report in 2016 identified “15 clear routes to skilled employment” where there is a “substantial requirement for technical knowledge and practical skills”. Sport was not one […]

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