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Students and tutors recognised in WEA achievement awards 2021

A teacher from Turkey who had to study her way back into an education career, and a Zoom champion…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Department for Education Announce £5.4m of Funding in Latest CCF Round

The DfE has announced that £5.4 million in funding is available to colleges as part of the College Collaboration…

Eidos Consulting
Eidos Consulting
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Digital degree apprenticeship review outcome kicked into long grass

A decision on whether one of England’s most popular apprenticeships can keep its degree element has been kicked into…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Autumn resit plans revealed

Exam boards will be required to offer AS-level exams in only five subjects during this year’s autumn exam series….

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Apprenticeships, Long read

Focus: Do employers set the bar too high for entry criteria to apprenticeships?

Employers are allowed to set their own entry criteria for apprenticeships, even though officially, no formal qualifications are needed….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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AAC | Deep Dive Debates: Levy, Green Skills, EPAO, Standards and Learning Technology

During this year’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference, sector leaders and experts came together for a daily roundtable discussion about an…

Shane Mann
Shane Mann


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London UTC in danger of closure just three years after opening

Another university technical college looks set to close just three years after opening. Sir Simon Milton Westminster UTC, named…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

WATCH: Debate on why diversity and inclusion is critical for the future success of UK businesses

This morning on the last day of FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference a panel debated the “inclusion revolution” and…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Does Labour employ any apprentices?

The shadow education secretary has refused to reveal if the Labour Party employs even one apprentice. At FE Week’s…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Revealed: Thousands of level 5 management apprentices dropped-out last year

Thousands of apprentices on a new level 5 management programme have already dropped out of the course, official figures…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Plans to limit apprenticeship providers by sectors move forward

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has moved a step closer to limiting apprenticeship providers’ delivery to the sectors…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Northern College faces ‘perfect storm’ and shock battle to survive

An adult residential college is facing a financial crisis that threatens its survival following a funding audit and government…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden