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Slashed funding leaves 7,000 jobs under threat
Scores of adult training courses could close as colleges face £200m budget cuts, survey reveals

Colleges could thrive as companies, says paper

Colleges face restructure as 25% budget cuts loom
Radical shake-up or merger on cards for at least a third of providers as LSC prepares for the worst

Door to teaching in schools remains closed to FE staff
Tories’ bid to raise entry-level degree requirements thwarts fight for recognition
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Slashed funding leaves 7,000 jobs under threat
Scores of adult training courses could close as colleges face £200m budget cuts, survey reveals
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Another View - Winter of discontent adds student wobbles to new-year squabbles
Comment: Stephen Jones
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Trail of recession leaves dent in apprenticeship recruitment
Number of places down by 6 per cent on back of financial squeeze in key industries
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Connection made
The Learning and Skills Network (LSN) has acquired Connections Oxford, a training and consultancy firm specialising in leadership and people development
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Principal quits
Principal Daniel Khan quit Grimsby Institute on Tuesday after nine years’ service
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One in five providers slashed courses for most vulnerable, says delayed report
Students with learning difficulties hit by adult education cuts despite promise they would not be affected
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Funding bodies plan is a 'mess', say MPs
MPs have criticised the creation of two new funding agencies for further education as “a bureaucratic mess” and questioned whether it would bring any benefits
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FErret
Jim-jams jettisoned & Going down for heir
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SSCs repay investment twentyfold, report reveals
Sector skills councils repay the public and private investment they receive 20 times over, according to a report evaluating their impact
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Plea for apprentices
Newcastle-under-Lyme College celebrated National Apprenticeship Week by encouraging more local employers to consider hiring an apprentice
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Colleges could thrive as companies, says paper
157 Group report proposes radical shake-up that would see FE institutions running everything from schools and training providers to cleaning firms
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Business model may offer a private solution
Comment: Alan Thomson


