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Ex-A4e workers jailed over £300k taxpayer fraud

Five former A4e workers have been jailed for their parts in a back-to-work scheme fraud that cost the taxpayer nearly £300,000. A further five former employees were handed suspended sentences at Reading Crown Court for a plot that involved creating faked records of welfare-to-work learners. Between 2008 and 2011, the defendants submitted fraudulent paperwork for learners on […]

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Election questions from across the FE and skills sector

The election period officially begins today — and last week saw the leaders of the two largest parties being put on the spot by Jeremy Paxman and a studio audience on Channel 4’s Battle for Number 10. Opinion was divided over who came out on top — but whoever it was, there were plenty of questions […]

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Government cuts could ‘decimate’ adult education by 2020, AoC warns

Continued cuts to the adult skills budget risk wiping out adult education and training in England within five years, the Association of Colleges (AoC) has warned after research showed 190,000 course places could be lost in 2015/16 alone. The AoC has published research based on data from its 336 member colleges which points to a […]

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Inadequate-rated college follows through on FE Commissioner’s merger advice — leaving nearly 100 jobs in the balance

Norton Radstock College’s proposed merger with City of Bath College will be made official next month in a move that could mean nearly 100 job losses. They will become Bath College on April 6 following the advice of FE Commissioner Dr David Collins, who visited Norton Radstock College last summer after Ofsted gave it a grade four […]

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College opens doors for its own ‘Skills Show’ event

[slideshow_deploy id=’33906′] From manicuring to forensic science and robotics to bricklaying, London learners got a taste of the Skills Show with a host of their very own have-a-go activities at college. The College of North West London (CNWL) threw open its doors on Wednesday (March 18) to more than 1,200 schoolchildren, local residents and […]

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Labour’s apprenticeship policy fails to win support

Labour’s pledge to axe apprenticeships at level two came under attack once again when Shadow Junior Education Minister Yvonne Fovargue spoke at NCFE’s policy conference in Central London. Ms Fovargue told delegates at the Delivering on learner outcomes: spotlight on youth employment conference that level two was still “valued” but needed to be “rebranded” to […]

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Increasing the value of apprenticeships

Selling apprenticeships to young people is one thing, and selling them to parents is another. Kirstie Donnelly considers how the FE and skills sector might improve the programme’s chances of being sold. Two reports were launched this month highlighting, in different ways, the fact that there is a desperate need to increase the value of […]

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Most traineeships lead to apprenticeships, employment or further learning, according to government research

The majority of young people taking part in traineeships have gone on to apprenticeships, employment or further learning, according to government research published today. The outcome of an initial government evaluation of the first year of the programme found that half of trainees went on to apprenticeships or employment, and a further 17 per cent undertook […]

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Learner has head in the clouds in toughest job challenge

The sky was no limit for ex-college learner Stephen Greenall as he scaled the heights of Canada’s second tallest building to prove he could take on one of the toughest jobs in the world, writes Billy Camden. Looking down from the 180-metre high Plaza Bank Building skyscraper, Stephen Greenall’s mind turned back to the comfort […]

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