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Huge under-delivery on 16 to 18 apprenticeships

More than 520 providers under-delivered on their August 2012 16 to 18 apprenticeship allocations by a total of £241.5m. Research by FE Week into figures released by the Education Funding Agency, shows 769 colleges and independent learning providers (ILPs) were initially going to be funded with £826.9m for the programme. In spite of these difficulties […]

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Older ‘apprenticeships’ warning for Skills Minister Matthew Hancock

Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has been warned against promoting apprenticeships for over 50s along the same lines as those for under 25s after he said the programme for older people could help the country out of recession. Tony Dolphin, senior economist for the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), said apprenticeships for older people were different to those for […]

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Agency gets tough with new rules on bosses

The Skills Funding Agency has beefed-up funding rules to stop rogue bosses setting up new providers to get their hands on public money. The agency has carried out a host of changes to its eight-page Funding Higher-risk Providers and Subcontractors guidance. It outlines the criteria that would stop a provider being considered for funding, either […]

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Countdown to end of apprentice loans continues

No date has been given for the abolition of adult apprenticeship loans, despite Business Secretary Vince Cable’s (pictured left) announcement last month that the system was being dropped. The Student Loans Company confirmed it was still processing applications for apprentice FE loans while it awaited government instructions to stop. Dr Cable told FE Week three […]

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The apprentice loans battle is won, but the campaign goes on

Business Secretary Vince Cable’s exclusive confirmation to FE Week that the apprenticeship loans system was being dropped was a victory for many in the sector, including the National Union of Students. But, as Toni Pearce explains, the fight against the wider FE loans system continues. I’m incredibly pleased that Business Secretary Vince Cable confirmed the […]

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Loans company awaiting orders to stop processing ‘dropped’ 24+ apprenticeship applications

The Student Loans Company is continuing to process FE loans for apprenticeships while it awaits government orders that the system has been “dropped”. A loans company spokesperson said today, as new figures showed just 569 apprenticeship loan applications were made in nine months, the system was still operating despite Business Secretary Vince Cable exclusively telling […]

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Business Secretary Vince Cable confirms ‘dropping’ of apprenticeship FE loans

Business Secretary Vince Cable has exclusively confirmed to FE Week that the government is “dropping” the troubled 24+ advanced learning loans system for apprenticeships. With just 404 applications in around seven months, he “accepted” the system had failed, but said non-apprentice FE loans would remain. It comes just days after FE Week reported how the […]

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First FE Commissioner job results in administered status for K College after Ofsted inadequate grade

Troubled K College has been put into administered status after becoming the first college to come under scrutiny from the FE Commissioner following the damning Ofsted report, published this morning. Skills Minister Matthew Hancock sent in commissioner David Collins and his team of advisers to review the college before the education watchdog’s report, which resulted in […]

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Optimism in Ofsted report comes with warning of providers not meeting local economy needs

Local employer needs are not being met by the FE and skills sector, according to this year’s Ofsted annual report. Despite higher expectations of students and improved teaching and learning providing “grounds for optimism” about the sector, it was delivering “too much provision that is not responsive to local employment needs”. “This provision is therefore […]

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