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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…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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‘Heart-wrenching’ impact of funding cuts shared by college leaders

Six college leaders have shared the “heart-wrenching” impacts of government funding cuts after speaking anonymously to FE Week for…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Labour promises to raise the FE funding rate and reform the apprenticeship levy

Labour has pledged to raise the base rate of per-student funding in FE to secondary-school levels and expand the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Rooney makes his WorldSkills UK LIVE! debut

Ex-Greene King boss Rooney Anand spoke of his excitement today as he made his debut as WorldSkills UK chair…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Three FE colleges win Queen’s Anniversary Prizes

Three FE colleges in England have been announced as winners of the Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for 2018-2020 in a…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Labour launch manifesto – read what it says about FE and skills

This morning the Labour Party launched their manifesto ahead of the general election on 12 December (click here to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Skills leaders call for changes to T-level curriculum ahead of launch next year

Two leading skills organisations have called for a rethink of the construction T-level curriculum ahead of the qualification’s launch…

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’

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Jessica Hill