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10 October 2026

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City & Guilds Foundation pulls plug on Blackledge CEO hire

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ASCL council passes no confidence vote in Ofsted’s leadership

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Inspections are harming wellbeing, FE staff tell Ofsted

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ESOL waiting lists and duplication tackled by GLA

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Bickering big beasts’ sideshow is Tory skills highlight
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Pathway to devolution test delays adult learning courses
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Councils ignore Milburn’s NEET taskforce call
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Hundreds of outsourced careers staff move in-house to DWP

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WorldSkills Shanghai 2026: FE Week’s Team UK supplement

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AoC recommends 3.5% FE staff pay rise in 2026-27

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Government approves ‘more than 9 in 10’ local SEND reform plans

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Masters of the Multiverse net 45% apprenticeship income gain

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Healey’s apprenticeship brokerage misses 28m people

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How Burnham bounced FE into the policy spotlight
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ITPs hit with £800k in clawbacks for subcontractor breaches
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Last call for FE’s social action champions
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National adult skills fund contracts to end in August
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Dale’s mission to ride a zipline of happiness

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Bickering big beasts’ sideshow is Tory skills highlight

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Movers & Shakers: Edition 554

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The stop-starts pressures on college apprenticeships

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Levy under the lens with Milburn’s NEET review
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New beginning for Norfolk FE’s local hero
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‘SEND more to FE’ policy risks a raft of problems
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Ofsted report cards: What have nine months taught us?
27 Aug 2026 | Ofsted