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Apprentice recruitment halted over funding delay

Providers hit with an unexpected and “agonising wait” to find out if they will be paid for apprenticeships and traineeships they have already started have halted further recruitment and are even contemplating job cuts. The Skills Funding Agency (SFA), as exclusively revealed on feweek.co.uk, said it was delaying the outcome of growth requests from providers […]

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MPs pitch for chair posts on FE committees

Nominations have closed, and the race to chair two of Parliament’s most influential select committees is almost over. Labour MPs Adrian Bailey, Iain Wright and Roberta Blackman-Woods have been officially nominated for election to the role of chair of the business, innovation and skills (BIS) committee. West Bromwich West MP Mr Bailey chaired the BIS […]

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Productivity ‘in danger’ from government’s 3m apprenticeships aim

The government target to create 3m apprenticeship starts could pose “a real danger” to national productivity, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) boss David Hughes has warned. Mr Hughes made the comments following the release of the Niace annual participation survey, which showed although the number of adults learning in the past three years […]

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Where the axe might fall, and where it should

In light of the Chancellor’s announcement he wanted to see £900m of in-year savings split evenly between the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department for Education (DfE), Mick Fletcher considers how FE might be affected — and how to lessen that effect. What we know is that the two education departments, […]

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‘Don’t assume’ £900m cuts falling on FE colleges, Boles warns MPs

It should not be assumed that “very large” in-year cuts facing the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Department for Education will all fall on the FE sector, Skills Minister Nick Boles has told MPs. Speaking at the end of a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament held in anticipation of tomorrow’s VQ Day celebrations, Mr […]

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Sectors unite to plead with Education Secretary and Chancellor on 16 to 19 funding

Further Education sector leaders have joined forces with senior representatives from the schools world to plead with Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and Chancellor George Osborne for an increase in 16 to 19 education funding from 2016-17. Two joint letters, signed by Martin Doel (pictured right), chief executive of the Association of Colleges (AoC), Brian Lightman (pictured below left) […]

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Concerns for apprenticeship growth funding after extra cash announcement delayed until after July budget

Providers which have over-delivered on their apprenticeships contracts face a long wait to find out if they will be paid. The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has written to providers who were expecting to hear back about their quarter three growth requests last week to inform them the announcement will take place following the government’s emergency […]

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Your VQ Day events guide as learners’ vocational achievements across the country get the recognition they deserve

Vocational qualifications will be celebrated by hundreds of people at colleges and independent learning providers across the country to mark VQ Day 2015. Winners of teacher of the year, employer of the year, and learner of the year VQ Day awards will be announced tomorrow (June 9), during a ceremony starting at 6pm at the […]

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Don’t cut allocations to meet savings target, pleads sector

The government has been warned against looking to FE allocations to help meet Chancellor George Osborne’s aim of a £900m cut by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department for Education (DfE). Each is staring down the barrel of £450m cuts this financial year — with FE budgets specifically earmarked for […]

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