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More than 100 young people one step closer to WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 after qualifying for UK squad

Nearly 150 young people are one step closer to taking on the world’s best, having been listed among the WorldSkills UK squad. The names of most of those who will begin training with the aim of representing Team UK at WorldSkills Abu Dhabi in 2017 were announced on Saturday night at the closing ceremony for […]

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Skills Show 2015 sees record number of visitors — up 44 pc

Record numbers of young people, teachers and parents visited the Skills Show in Birmingham last week, with figures for Saturday showing a 44 per cent rise on last year. A total of 78,324 people visited the show over the three days, with 20,597 of those on the Saturday, according to figures released today by organisers […]

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Sector breathes a collective sigh of relief as Budget questions remain

Mark Dawe was, like many in FE and skills, hanging on Chancellor George Osborne’s every word as he delivered today’s Budget. This is what he made of the announcements. There will be an FE sector sigh of relief as 16 to 19 funding is protected, but only in cash terms, adult funding protected, again in […]

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Where does your college sit in the FE Week 2015/16 adult apprenticeship allocations table?

The exclusive front page story in FE Week edition 154 on startlingly low levels of apprenticeship delivery among some colleges promised more details would be published later. The full list of apprenticeship allocations for general FE colleges was published in edition 155 and can be seen below. Click here for an expert piece on colleges’ […]

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SFA names 14 providers whose funding contracts were terminated early

Fourteen training providers with combined allocations of nearly £6.9m in adult skills budget (ASB) and almost £5.8m for 16 to 18 apprenticeships had their contracts with the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) terminated early in 2014/15, it has been revealed. Of these providers named by the SFA on November 16, six had combined ASB and 16 […]

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Lady Alison Wolf issues ‘headless chickens’ warning over Government’s 3m apprenticeship target

Government adviser Professor Lady Alison Wolf (pictured above) has admitted harbouring serious doubts about David Cameron’s 3m apprenticeship starts target labelling it “a big mistake”. She told the House of Lords Social Mobility Committee that the target meant Whitehall officials would be “rushing around like a headless chicken” to achieve it. She appeared before the […]

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‘Keep out of it’ – AELP boss Stewart Segal warns Skills Minister Nick Boles off apprenticeships

Skills Minister Nick Boles has been urged to stay out of apprenticeship delivery business after telling college principals that independent learning providers (ILPs) were “nicking” their lunch. Association of Employment and Learning Providers chief executive Stewart Segal hit back at Mr Boles who told Association of Colleges (AoC) conference delegates that ILPs were better than […]

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SFA warns colleges of a future without sub-contracting

Skills Funding Agency funding and programmes director Keith Smith (pictured above) has warned college leaders they were facing a “huge challenge” when the apprenticeship levy allows subcontractors to receive funding directly from the government. He said the changes could have a serious impact on college funding, during an update he gave in a breakout session […]

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Staring into the funding abyss – Skills Minister Nick Boles paints stark picture of cuts to hit sector

The sector has been left staring into the financial abyss after Skills Minister Nick Boles warned Association of Colleges (AoC) conference delegates that FE would not be “insulated from further cuts” in the spending review. Mr Boles issued the stark warning during his keynote speech to college leaders at the ICC Birmingham on Tuesday (November […]

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