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Leaked report warns BIS move to London could increase costs

A leaked government report has warned that plans to close the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ (BIS) office in Sheffield and move it to London could cost rather than save money. The document marked “official sensitive”, which has been shown to FE Week, stated that while potential savings through rent, rates and maintenance, rail […]

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Breaking: Influential Commons committee chairs demand cost-breakdown of BIS Sheffield office closure

The chairs of the Business, Innovation and Skills and Public Accounts Committees have demanded to see key government documents relating to the cost of controversial planned closure of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Sheffield office. The call was made in a letter sent today to Martin Donnelly, permanent Secretary at the Department for […]

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Championing apprenticeships

Nichola Hay explains how and why she helped launch an innovative network of apprenticeship champions to provide better information and advice about the benefits of the vocational training to jobseekers. Unfilled apprenticeship vacancies have been a problem for the FE sector for a number of years. They have also been a source of personal frustration […]

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More understanding needed for career ambitions, report says

Better understanding is needed of why young people choose oversubscribed career paths, a new report states. The study, ‘Routes into Work … it’s Alright for Some’, published by The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), Pearson, with research from the Learning and Work Institute, is intended to explain why youth unemployment has remained stubbornly […]

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The great college merger ‘rush’

> Exclusive analysis finds potential for 15 mergers in 2016 > Union warns of time needed for meaningful consultation Bury College is in talks over a potential merger with a nearby university, becoming one of up to 15 mergers involving 32 institutions across the country. Bury is expected to launch a consultation into plans to merge […]

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Exclusive: Apprentice vacancy with troubled Tata Steel advertised by government

An advert has appeared on a government website for an apprenticeship vacancy with Tata Steel — even though the troubled firm wants to sell-off all its UK operations. It was posted on the gov.uk ‘Find an apprenticeship’ site four days ago, inviting applications for a four-year advanced level course starting in May this year. Yet […]

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FE Week lands sector giant as new editor

Midday update: Sadly Martin Doel hasn’t been appointed our new editor, because this was, of course, another infamous FE Week April Fool. However, today does mark the start of our search for a new full-time editor for FE Week. The ad is now live on the Guardian jobs website, with applications due by the end of […]

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Sussex colleges announce plans to merge into a ‘regional institute’

City College Brighton & Hove and neighbouring Northbrook College have announced plans to merge into a new Regional Institute of Arts & Technology. A spokesperson for the two colleges said their intention is to create a single institute that places apprenticeships and work-based learning “at the heart” of its plans to “transform the lives of […]

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New AELP chief lays out his plans

The new boss of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has laid out his top priorities. Ahead of his first speech as chief executive — which he will deliver at the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) tomorrow — Mark Dawe told FE Week that getting the levy right, making sure employers are fully […]

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