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WorldSkills hosts biggest ever virtual pressure test in run-up to Shanghai 2022

A UK competitor has come within the top 15 at the largest virtual pressure test ever run by the…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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ESFA boss threatens to put scandal hit college into administration

A college is being threatened with education administration following a £20 million apprenticeship subcontracting scandal, FE Week understands. Brooklands…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted slams safeguarding failings at apprenticeship giant

One of England’s largest training providers has been rapped by Ofsted for serious safeguarding failures in its early years…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

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
Sponsored post

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
News

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
News

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

Must read

16-19

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
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