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💰 Colleges and training providers will receive a share of £73 million next month from the first year of the government’s inclusive mainstream fund

New post-16 SEND inclusion cash revealed More than 300 providers will receive grants next month, with FE colleges getting £64m

💰 The number of colleges paying more than £200k for their CEOs has grown by a third, with only a small gender gap at the top, our latest analysis of college accounts data reveals

Principal sums: 97 college chiefs now on £200k-plus packages Analysis finds three colleges now spend over £300k on their bosses

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📣 A union is threatening awarding giant City & Guilds with 'legal and industrial action' over its workforce redundancy plans.

Unite the Union claimed City & Guilds, which is now owned by Greek awarding business PeopleCert, is 'advertising for jobs' in Greece and the UK at the same time as running redundancy consultations.

City & Guilds threatened over ‘disgraceful’ staff cuts plan A union is threatening awarding giant City & Guilds with 'legal and industrial action' over its workforce redundancy plans.

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With just three weeks to go, this year's conference comes at a pivotal moment for skills, apprenticeships, employment and learning.

The publication of the Milburn Review has put the risk of a lost generation firmly on the national agenda, while providers continue to respond to devolution, V Levels, apprenticeship units, streamlining, SEND reform, the impact of AI, and the workforce demands emerging from the Industrial Strategy.

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