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Coronavirus: Ofsted pauses publication of inspection reports

Ofsted has paused the publication of inspection reports during the coronavirus crisis and promised that it will have “do…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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DfE suspends process for defunding qualifications with low enrolments

The Department for Education has suspended the process for defunding thousands of legacy qualifications at level three and below…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE reveals how it will provide grades for A-level and GCSE students this summer

The government has confirmed it will use teacher assessments to provide calculated grades for students this year. The aim…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Free recording: FE’s response & requirements to Coronavirus pandemic

On Saturday FE Week hosted a webinar to provide an overview of the latest legislation and guidance from the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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£1m rap collaboration sends apprenticeship site visits soaring

The government has celebrated nearly tripling the interest in apprenticeships after spending more than £1 million on the release…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Ofsted watch: UTC climbs out of ‘inadequate’

A university technical college has pulled itself out of ‘inadequate’, while two other FE providers, including an accountancy giant,…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


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UTC turns the tables and comes to the aid of a MAT

A north-west England university technical college has become the latest of its type to move towards joining a multi-academy…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Gowland comes out of retirement to be temp boss at London college

The principal of a London college has been replaced by a retired further education leader ahead of an FE…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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FE minister writes to colleges about COVID-19 response

This evening the apprenticeships and skills minister, Gillian Keegan, wrote to all FE and sixth form colleges in England….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College group launches Food Bank Friday

A large college group in London is launching “Food Bank Friday” in an effort to combat food shortages for…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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List of ‘key workers’ and vulnerable children revealed

Education secretary Gavin Williamson announced on Wednesday that schools and colleges will only stay open from Friday afternoon until…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Apprenticeship providers desperate for government support as starts plummet

England’s largest apprenticeship providers have told FE Week that starts are “falling off a cliff” and redundancies are likely…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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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
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