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Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has told Labour to “wait and see” what happens in next week’s Budget before accusing the government of failing to protect funding for 16 to 19 education and training. Labour called an Opposition Day House of Commons debate this week to propose that the 16 to 19 education budget be given […]
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Skills Minister Nick Boles has told Association of Colleges (AoC) conference delegates to stop letting private providers “nick your lunch”. He was critical of colleges for failing to secure more government apprenticeships cash and said independent learning providers (ILPs) were much better at securing the funding, during a keynote speech at the ICC Birmingham this […]
Good morning ladies and gentlemen. We meet in a sombre context. After this morning’s session I’ll be returning to London and I hope you will agree on your behalf we will be travelling to the French Embassy to the sign the book of condolence after the terrible attacks on Friday night. And I am sure […]
Official figures released this morning show the number of apprenticeship starts for 2014/15 was up by 59,500 from the previous year – reversing the decline of the previous two years. The final (rather than provisional) figures in today’s Statistical First Release show there were 499,900 apprenticeship starts in 2014/15, an increase of 13.5 per cent […]
– Apprenticeships account for less than 5 per cent of Adult Skills Budget for some large FE colleges – AoC says colleges ‘see significant role’ in hitting 3m target and should ‘start planning strategic response’ The college sector’s performance on apprenticeships has come under attack after exclusive FE Week analysis uncovered budgets with as […]
Ahead of the Association of Colleges (AoC) 2015 conference, chief executive Martin Doel tells FE Week reporter Alix Robertson how his members have a fundamental place in delivering government goals. With the government spending review on the horizon, and post-16 education and training area reviews sweeping across the country, attendees at this year’s AoC conference […]
Nick Linford, founder and former editor of FE Week, is out-and-about during AoC Conference 2015 bringing you all the news, gossip and fun. Stay tuned for live updates! FE Week is proud to be a media partner and the premier news source for the FE and skills sector. Also, register now for Nick’s free post-conference analysis and […]
Sector leaders have reacted with concern to a “tight” Skills Funding Agency (SFA) timetable for handing out £650m of delayed European Social Fund (ESF) cash — with delivery completed in just 18 months. It was exclusively revealed on feweek. co.uk that the SFA was planning to run a “sequence of procurement” that must be finished […]
If the Department for Education (DfE) wants to get more 17-year-olds onto apprenticeships then it will need to consider the role that the independent learning provider sector can play, says Stewart Segal. In placing a focus on the development of technical and professional skills, it is good that the DfE review is of a wider […]
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