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Skills for Care quits official quality assurance role for apprenticeships

Skills for Care is to scrap their adult care external quality assurance service (ACEQUAS) to apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations,…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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WorldSkills closing and medal ceremony | watch it live here

Watch the WorldSkills 2019 medal ceremony live here from 5pm (UK time) today, and see Russian president Vladimir Putin…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Deputy FE commissioner appointed as DfE struggle to find advisers

The Department for Education’s latest recruitment drive for the office of the FE Commissioner has led to the appointment…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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WorldSkills 2019 day 4: Team UK rallies together as they cross the finishing line

Team UK is finishing WorldSkills 2019 with thunderous applause and deafening cheers from a caravan of supporters. A crowd…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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WorldSkills 2019 day 3: Thomas flush with success as he steams past the finish line

Team UK’s plumbing and heating competitor Thomas Thomas has this afternoon finished his tests. Hear from plumber Thomas Thomas…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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WorldSkills 2019 day two: Dining out on world-class Skills

FE Week reporter Fraser Whieldon samples the high life by taking part in the restaurant service competition at WorldSkills…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


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WorldSkills 2019 day 1: Team UK make the first cut as they get in their groove

Team UK has made a good start on the road to medal success, after completing the first day of…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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WorldSkills 2019: UK’s young people feel colleges are worst in the world at preparing them for adult working life, says new report

Young people in the UK feel their school or college are the worst in the world at preparing them…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

WorldSkills 2019: Team UK flies the flag at dazzling opening ceremony

Team UK has been flying the flag at the dazzling opening ceremony for WorldSkills Kazan 2019. Team UK joined…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

What time is the WorldSkills 2019 opening ceremony and can I watch it live?

The WorldSkills 2019 opening ceremony starts at 5pm (UK time) today and can be watched live via this link:…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Pass rate falls for GCSE English and maths resits

Figures published this morning for those aged 17 and over in England that sat GCSE English show the pass…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Small employers warn that ‘exhausted funds’ threaten the future of the apprenticeship system

The Federation of Small Businesses has chosen GCSE results day to call on the new Secretary of State, Gavin…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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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
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

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

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel