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Businesses welcome ‘manageable’ 6.4% apprentice minimum wage increase

The prime minister’s inflation-busting apprentice minimum wage increase is “manageable” and will not impede businesses from taking on new apprentices, employer representative organisations have said. From 1 April, the apprentice minimum wage will shoot up by 6.4 per cent from £3.90 to £4.15. Boris Johnson revealed the increase two days ago alongside his announcement that […]

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Over £1bn already wasted on ‘fake apprenticeships’, claims former adviser to skills ministers

Around £1.2 billion has been “wasted” on “fake apprenticeships” that have taken up half of all starts since the apprenticeship levy was introduced in May 2017, according to new research.  The study by think tank EDSK goes on to recommend that apprenticeships should be for level 3 only, while standards at level 2 and degree-equivalent […]

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Adult learning ‘real cause for concern’ as participation hits record low

Adult participation in education has fallen to record low with almost four million ‘lost learners’ since 2010, according to new data from the Learning and Work Institute. The policy, research and development organisation urged the government to put lifelong learning “at the heart of its domestic agenda” after just one in three adults were found […]

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12 months of FE Week: October

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Today we take a look at October… Colleges received a welcome boost when analysis revealed 78 per cent of them had received the top two Ofsted grades – ‘outstanding’ or ‘good’ – a record high proportion since […]

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Queen’s New Year honours 2020: Who got what in FE and skills?

A former specialist college principal has been made a dame while a well-known champion of adult education has been recognised with a CBE in the New Year’s honours list. Nearly 20 other leading figures from the FE and skills sector, including three general FE college principals and a gold medallist from WorldSkills UK, have been […]

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12 months of FE Week: June

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Here’s what happened in June… Victims of a long-running FE loans scandal found out they were set to benefit from new legislation that gives the education secretary powers to clear their debt – representing a huge win […]

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12 months of FE Week: April

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Here’s what April included… Embarrassment for the Department for Education after FE Week exposed cold spots in the country where there was not a single one of the government’s flagship institutes of technology. The department then promised […]

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12 months of FE Week: May

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Today we take a look at May… Crisis gripped the sector when Hadlow College became the first college to be put into administration. An FE Week spread on the scandal told how FE Commissioner Richard Atkins had […]

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12 months of FE Week: February

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Today we take a look at February… A story that would define the year for further education was Hadlow College, and we reported exclusively in the second month of the year on how the FE Commissioner was […]

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