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Education is a market. But who’s buying and who’s selling?

We do not provide our young people with enough information – especially not in terms of money – on their pathways through further and higher education, says David Allison I was interviewed this week by an up-and-coming intern who wanted some thoughts on the way young people enter the workplace. Sarah had just graduated from […]

Opinion

First4Skills: what happened after its disastrous collapse?

The apprenticeships giant First4Skills went bust in March after its skills funding was pulled due to an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating. Around 200 staff lost their jobs, while around 3,700 learners were affected, and 14 subcontractors found themselves without a prime. Jude Burke looks into what has happened since. Six months after First4Skills’ collapse, 97 per […]

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Learndirect Apprenticeships tries to avoid the past with major rebrand

A firm set up by Learndirect as a separate entity to run its apprenticeships division has begun a significant rebrand as it looks to distance itself from the tarnished company that created it. Since its inception in March 2016, Learndirect Apprenticeships (LDA) – a company owned and operated by the owners of Learndirect Ltd – […]

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Labour conference: Corbyn to tackle automation jobs threat with free FE

Jeremy Corbyn will pledge to tackle the threat to jobs from automation by offering free tuition for all FE courses, in his closing speech to the party conference. The Labour leader will tell delegates that the country needs to harness lifelong education in order to face down the challenge of robotics that may well make […]

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NHS ‘reviews’ Learndirect Apprenticeships’ status as a provider

An apprenticeship provider created by the owners of Learndirect last year could be kicked off the purchasing system used by London hospitals, after a joint investigation by FE Week and The Financial Times found multiple irregularities in a tender application. In one recent bid to deliver apprenticeships at a London hospital, Learndirect Apprenticeships (LDA), a company […]

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AoC boss expresses regret over 1 per cent pay offer

The Association of Colleges has expressed regret for offering staff a one-per-cent payrise – and has come in for heavy criticism from the unions for its trouble. “We wish we were in a position to make a better recommendation today, but current funding levels for colleges do not allow us to do so,” claimed AoC […]

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ETF tenders new FE training programme for future CEOs

Half a million pounds is on offer to run a new leadership training programme for senior FE managers looking to step up to top jobs. The Education and Training Foundation put a tender out three days ago, and it’s on the hunt for a provider with “an excellent track record” in executive leadership to develop […]

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Major provider exposed for offering inducements goes into administration

An apprenticeship provider exposed in June by FE Week offering inducements to an employer has called in the administrators. After around 100 staff were made redundant on 17 August, Talent Training’s chairman David Harper informed them that he had “reluctantly chosen to agree to appoint administrators today for the company” in an email sent last […]

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Did the government advise Learndirect to withdraw their AEB tender?

The Learndirect saga has taken a fresh twist today, after a government spokesperson admitted that the nation’s largest FE provider submitted and then withdrew a bid to the adult education budget tender, contrary to previous briefings. It emerged yesterday that despite its recent ‘inadequate’ from Ofsted, Learndirect would receive another £45 million from the AEB […]

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