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College placed in 'administered status' owing to poor finances
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Individual college campuses could be included in performance reporting
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Half of £300m post-area review restructuring funds spent
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Anne Milton: The restructuring facility won’t be used to prop up colleges
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College restructuring support update: £300m for 19 ‘significant’ applications approved
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Mergers mergers everywhere!
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Area reviews mishandled early on, DfE research concludes
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Half of college leaders in first wave unhappy with area review process
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Post-16 funding inequality has consequences
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Stockport and Trafford colleges announce merger plans
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MP blasts stalled merger as a ‘hostile takeover’
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  • Sep 12, 2017
Policy Tracker - what happened in the world of education in August 2017
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  • Aug 25, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 11 August 2017
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Area review transition grants awarded at 31 May 2017
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Area reviews: Colleges receive £5.5m in transition grants
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Final area review reports published
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With the end of area reviews, now colleges can get on with the real business
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Five steps to (self-assessment) heaven
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  • Jul 27, 2017
London college merger called off at last minute
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Area review ignored as central London set for second mega-college merger
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SEND: Possible impacts of the shifting political scene
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Small sixth forms are no longer viable
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Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 16 June 2017
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Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 19 May 2017
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Area review transition fund shrouded in secrecy
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Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 31 March 2017
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In this week's TES Further: The unintended consequences of exam reform
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Struggling college has ‘agreed to release’ principal
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London college area review reports published
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Carlisle College to join NCG
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2017 is the year to correct the historic mistakes in our approach to skills policy
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  • Dec 2, 2016
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Area review reports published
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FE commissioner: 'Colleges will have to specialise to survive'
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