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Special investigation: Why are colleges turning their backs on traineeships?

Colleges delivered less than a quarter of traineeships last year and nearly half across the country had no starts whatsoever, according to FE Week analysis of government figures. In fact, the Education and Skills Funding Agency is aware that only 24 per cent of traineeships were delivered by general further education colleges. That works out […]

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Mucklow tackles AEB devolution as director roles change at ESFA

The director of Young People and former sixth-form college commissioner has been given the mammoth task of devolving the adult education budget, as part of a reshuffle at the top of the ESFA. In an extensive new brief, Peter Mucklow has become the agency’s director of further education, which as well as implementing devolution includes […]

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Fresh round of redundancies at Learndirect as funding dries up

Learndirect Ltd appears to be on the brink of collapse, after a fresh round of redundancies belied the fact that its efforts to generate new business have proved “impossible”. FE Week understands that the UK’s largest FE provider told the vast majority of its staff on April 23 that they are likely to lose their […]

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People 1st collapses, stunning the FE sector

People 1st, once a major sector skills council and a key player in the apprenticeship reforms, has entered administration, FE Week can reveal. This is a stunning blow for the retail, hospitality and travel industries in the apprenticeship system. The employment and learning consultancy charity confirmed this morning that it has been placed into the […]

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Apprenticeship payments system breakdown finally ‘resolved’

The government claims to have finally fixed its malfunctioning apprenticeship payments reporting system, more than two weeks after it was first reported. FE Week reported last week that the ESFA had missed its own deadline to repair the IT issues, which had prompted numerous exasperated complaints on the FE Connect site from April 10. We […]

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Minister supports FE representation at Office for Students

The universities minister has backed FE representation on the board of the new regulatory body for higher education. Sam Gyimah’s remarks to the Commons education select committee this morning followed a heated debate in parliament last night, in which senior MPs from both sides of the political divide made renewed demands for the sector to […]

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Isle of Wight studio school on the brink of closure

Another studio school that has severely struggled with recruitment has agreed to close “in principle”. Plans to shut the Isle of Wight Studio School in August 2019 were announced today, but the final decision will be subject to a four-week consultation. The school said in a statement that the decision has come about because “too […]

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KPMG sends its apprentices back to school

Professional services giant KPMG has been sending its apprentices back to school in a scheme to boost their professional development, reports Samantha King. Apprentices at KPMG are encouraged to go back to their former schools and talk about their career journey so far through the firm’s Back to Schools programme, developed after its first-ever cohort […]

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Ofsted Watch: Tough week for providers inspected for first time

It has been a difficult week for first-time private providers, as one was rated ‘requires improvement’ and another was handed the dreaded grade four. Millennium Academy, based in Barking, was deemed ‘inadequate’ across the board. This was its first ever inspection and despite Ofsted only judging the provider’s adult learning provision, Millennium now faces being […]

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