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Apprenticeship starts for young people continue to fall – DfE reveal

The number of apprenticeships started by young people has fallen a further eight percent, the third year in a…

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Nick Linford
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Interim CEO appointed at college under investigation for nepotism and ‘financial wrongdoing’

Hull College Group has appointed a short-term interim chief executive, as investigations into nepotism and financial wrongdoing continue, FE…

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Nick Linford
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Ofsted blasts ‘unreliable’ apprenticeship off-the-job training records

A new provider that has more than 300 apprentices on its books has been criticised by Ofsted for “unreliable”…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Adult care employers welcome switch to rail academy for apprenticeship oversight

A rail specialist firm has been chosen as the new external quality assurance provider for care apprenticeships, in a…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Training provider in college group given union recognition

Two unions have reached a deal to bargain over pay and working conditions on behalf of the almost 300…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Conservatives announce manifesto pledge of £3bn over 5 years for a ‘new National Skills Fund’

The Conservative Party has said they will launch a £600 million a year “new National Skills Fund” if they…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Full list of WorldSkills UK National medal winners revealed

The nation’s top skilled young people were recognised at an awards ceremony at WorldSkills UK LIVE tonight. They were…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Inaugural WorldSkills UK Diversity and Inclusion Heroes Award winners revealed

The winners of the inaugural WorldSkills UK Diversity and Inclusion Heroes Awards have been crowned at WorldSkills UK LIVE….

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted watch: Family owned private provider slammed by Ofsted… again

A family owned business in the construction industry was hit with a grade four by Ofsted, in a poor…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Sector unites to solve funding crisis for high-needs learners

Leading bodies within the FE sector have teamed up with local government to launch research into a crisis in…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Ofsted attacked for ‘unfair’ inspections before mergers

Ofsted was criticised by an experienced turnaround principal for inspecting colleges just before mergers, at the Association for Colleges’…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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It played to our strengths: grade-one principal explains Ofsted success

The principal of the first college to be rated “outstanding” under Ofsted’s new framework has warned that “you can’t…

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Billy Camden

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

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Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

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