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Labour proposes making adult education courses free for everyone and bringing back educational maintenance allowance (EMA) for 16- to 19-year-olds in further education

Inspectors found the overall effectiveness of the college had gone down since the last inspection two years ago

Median pay packet for FE teachers have fallen slightly and there has been a marked increase in the use of zero hours contracts at colleges

Low pay and an increasing number of workers on zero-hours contracts are causing morale and staffing problems for FE. Colleges need fairer funding, say campaigners. George Ryan reports

Further education providers wishing to apply for powers to award degrees will have to go through the new Office for Students (OfS) from April

Degree apprenticeships ‘will make up 10 per cent of degrees that universities award’, says the University Vocational Awards Council