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Byrne gives 16 to 19 ringfence assurance

Shadow Skills Minister Liam Byrne has pledged a Labour Government would not raid the 16 to 19 budget to pay for early years’ or schools provision. Labour had promised to include 16 to 19 provision within an education budget ringfence, which currently ends at 16, but had not previously committed to protecting it from being […]

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Sector chief tells of jobs fear as providers face 24pc funding cut

Association of Colleges chief executive Martin Doel (pictured) has told of his fears that more job losses could be about to sweep away FE and skills staff after it was announced provider budgets would be slashed by up to 24 per cent. He said that with the average college having made 105 redundancies since 2009/10, […]

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FE Week launches 2015 survey — prizes on offer for your opinions

It’s that time again! The second annual FE Week survey launches today with the aim of taking the sector’s pulse and delivering the results just in time for the general election on May 7. And just like last year you could win an iPad Air and an FE Week subscription just for taking part. The […]

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FE Week launches 2015 survey — prizes on offer for your opinions

Visit here to take part in the 2015 survey. It’s that time again! The second annual FE Week survey launches today with the aim of taking the sector’s pulse and delivering the results just in time for the general election on May 7. And just like last year you could win an iPad Air and an […]

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Exclusive: SFA chief Peter Lauener warns providers of adult funding cut of up to 24 per cent

Colleges and independent learning providers are set for a national funding cut of up to 24 per cent next academic year, FE Week can exclusively reveal. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) this morning released details of its 2015-16 (financial year) adult FE and skills funding budget, which will fall 5 per cent overall […]

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Almost 100 providers to repay funding while hundreds more escape shock clawback

Nearly 100 providers issued with a shock clawback warning that caused “sleepless nights” for their staff over Christmas will be asked to repay 2013/14 funding. The remaining 601 providers contacted by Una Bennett (pictured inset above), deputy director for funding systems for the SFA, late last year telling them they might have to repay against “provision that has […]

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Apprentices set for 7p rise in minimum wage as Low Pay Commission says rise in line with 16 and 17-year-old ‘normal’ workers is ‘too expensive’ for businesses

Apprentices look set for a 7p rise in their national minimum wage of £2.73 an-hour while proposals to shift them up onto a par with 16 and 17-year-olds have been rejected as too expensive for businesses by the Low Pay Commission (LPC). The call to increase the minimum wage by 2.6 per cent to £2.80 […]

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Wolf review: 20 of 27 recommendations implemented, government claims

Most of Professor Alison Wolf’s recommendations for reform of 14 to 19 vocational education have been implemented, the government has claimed. The Department for Education has issued its final progress report on Professor Wolf’s 27 recommendations, which were initially outlined in her landmark 2011 Review of Vocational Education, claiming 20 of the points have become […]

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Edition 128: Denis Hird, Jon Graham, Chris Bilsland & John Landeryou

A decade’s career in the chief executive hotseat has come to an end for Denis Hird at Kent-based independent learning provider JTL. He has stepped down and is due to be replaced at the end of next month by former Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) managing director Jon Graham. Ian Livsey, JTL […]

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