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Concerns emerge providers are claiming 24+ funding they’re not entitled to

Concerns have emerged at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) that FE and skills providers may have been claiming funding they weren’t entitled to. Una Bennett, SFA deputy director for funding systems, has written to providers about the ILR funding codes used for learners aged 24 and above after a review uncovered full funding claims below […]

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Towards a three-way traineeship policy?

Mark Corney looks at how the traineeship programme is developing policy-wise. From this month, traineeships have been open to 24-year-olds. At a strategic level, therefore, traineeships appear as a single programme across the 16 to 24 age range. In fact, current and future policy developments suggest the development of a three-way traineeship programme for 16 […]

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Apprenticeship starters should be no older than 23, says new IPPR report

Apprentices should be no older than 23 at the time of starting their course, a new report from the left-of-centre Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank has recommended. The 52-page report, called Remember The Young Ones: Improving Career Opportunities For Britain’s Young People (pictured below right), says that only in exceptional circumstances should those aged 24 and […]

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Darlington College tops minister’s new ‘experimental success measure’

The government has today published for the first time employment and other 19+ learner outcomes for FE and skills providers — and Darlington College has the highest job outcome rate of all general FE colleges. Click here to see full report for Darlington College. The data from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), […]

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Further education colleges outnumber universities in learners’ higher education top 20

Learners have put 12 FE colleges among the UK’s top 20 higher education providers in the 2014 National Student Survey. Tyne Metropolitan College came top of the FE institutions, recording 100 per cent of students satisfied with their courses to outdo the likes of Keele University (11th) and the University of St Andrews (ranked 17th) […]

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Sector leaders set out priorities for new Skills Minister Nick Boles

The appointment of Nick Boles (pictured) as Skills Minister following the promotion of his predecessor, Matthew Hancock, has led to questions about whether he will have enough time in the role to learn about the FE sector, its challenges and its successes included. Here, Association of Colleges (AoC) chief executive Martin Doel and Association of […]

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Two general FE colleges among backers in new round of UTCs announced by Chancellor George Osborne

A new round of University Technical Colleges (UTCs), involving two general FE colleges, has been announced by Chancellor George Osborne (pictured). Bromley College and Sheffield College were among those to win approval for seven new UTCs to add to the 17 currently operating and 33 in development. Five universities are behind the other new UTCs, […]

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Trade union and business leaders issue joint agreement over traineeship pay and work experience as programme marks one-year anniversary

Trade union and business leaders have today issued a joint agreement on traineeships over pay and work experience quality as the programme marks its one-year anniversary. The statement from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which was previewed by FE Week a fortnight ago, outlines their support for traineeships and includes four […]

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Tech bacc could help one in four, says Skills Minister Boles

New Skills Minister Nick Boles said he hoped one in four young people would study for the government’s flagship tech bacc, despite it only being offered by five colleges. In his first parliamentary questions session, Nick Boles was asked by Labour MP Lyn Brown what progress had been made on the introduction of the technical […]

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