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EAL hit with record £150k apprenticeship assessment fine

20h | Apprenticeships

First college hit with Ofsted safeguarding ‘not met’ judgment faces intervention

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Hull council education arm fails Ofsted safeguarding standards

1d | Ofsted

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Powell hires Get Further boss as special adviser

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Mayors to take control of 16-19 funding

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SWAP job outcomes hit lowest rate as starts surge

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Colleges hit hard as high-cost HE funding withdrawn

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Sammy Shummo

We need to stop selling courses and start building skills ecosystems

Sammy Shummo

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Dan Williams

FE and skills sector needs to get serious about its own pedagogy

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Mark Morrin

Technical education must become lifelong route to work

Mark Morrin

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Phil Wilkinson

ESOL is evolving, policy and funding must evolve with it

Phil Wilkinson

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Felix Norman

Reform poses looming threat to ESOL we can’t ignore

Felix Norman

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Meet the Greater Manchester mayoral hopefuls: what have they said about FE and skills?

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Waite and see… Get Further boss and her insights on Powell and Milburn

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Bonding at a bootcamp before their march east to China

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Trethewey guides AQA into the vocational skills landscape

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A Knight in shining armour for back-to-work mums
2 Jul 2026 | Adult education
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‘Bradford’s proper sexy’: The honey badger who transformed a college
25 Jun 2026 | Colleges
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What would Andy Burnham in Number 10 mean for FE?
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Day in the life: ‘No young person is bad – you just have to listen to them’
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SWAP job outcomes hit lowest rate as starts surge

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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray

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Waite and see… Get Further boss and her insights on Powell and Milburn

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Giving his students a virtual reality check
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