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High Court places West Kent and Ashford College into administration

West Kent and Ashford College has been put into education administration, making it the second college to fall under…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Second college to go through insolvency regime

West Kent and Ashford College will apply to enter education administration tomorrow. The embattled college is expected to follow…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Bulletin, News

A-level results 2019 | Live blog

A-level results day is here! Over 200,000 students studying the qualifications up and down the country will today find…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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New education secretary meets WorldSkills UK in first college visit

The education secretary, Gavin Williamson, has met Team UK representatives during his first visit to a further education college…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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‘We are ready’: Team UK mechatronics duo take on the world’s best

FE Week talks medal hopes and teamwork with WorldSkills UK mechatronics competitors Jack Dakin and Danny Slater as the…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Labour pledges to ditch predicted grades from university admissions

Students would only be able to apply to universities after seeing their A-level and other qualification results under a…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Cyber crime advice put out by ESFA following college email hacks

Firewalls, data back-ups and training staff to verify email senders are some of the actions colleges should take to…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Highbury College loses FOI battle to keep the principal’s expenses a secret

The UK’s data watchdog has sided with FE Week in our long-running freedom of information battle with Highbury College…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Edexcel maths A-level leak bigger than first thought, admits Pearson

Questions from an entire Edexcel A-level maths paper were circulated on social media before the exam this year, rather…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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A ‘snowflake’ with ‘vacuous’ thoughts: former sector leader hits back at policy adviser to Hinds

A former sector leader has hit back at an ex-special adviser to education secretary Damian Hinds after the latter…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted Watch: Employer providers excel in good week for FE sector

Two employer providers have made an excellent start to their apprenticeship training careers, with five ‘significant progress’ findings from…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Three in four providers cannot meet SME apprentice demand thanks to levy drought

Three quarters of training providers cannot meet the demands by small and medium sized employers for training apprentices, because…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards

Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

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

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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