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Bailouts for failing colleges reach £140 million says Halfon

College bailouts have cost the UK a whopping £140 million, the apprenticeships minister has admitted. Robert Halfon confessed to...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Let’s keep pushing to make TFE bill better

The end of 2016 will feel like a much bigger occasion than other years. It’s been a relentless rollercoaster...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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Technical and Further Education Bill second reading in Commons

The new Technical and Further Education Bill will have its second reading in the House of Commons today. It...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Government is overseeing the managed decline of further education

Rather than creating a regime that makes it easier for colleges to become insolvent, government should be investing more...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

We have a once-in-a generation chance to reform FE

Reforms will inevitably cause upheaval, but the problems with our current system are too pressing to ignore, says Lord...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

The government must go much further with reforms

The Technical and Further Education Bill is a good start, but it needs to address structural problems that will...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
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Insolvency regime plans in new Technical and Further Education Bill

A new Technical and Further Education Bill published today has set out proposals for a new insolvency regime for FE colleges....

Paul Offord
Paul Offord