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14 colleges receive cash from the strategic improvement fund

Fourteen general FE and sixth-form colleges have received grants through a fund designed to support failing colleges to improve…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Ofsted watch: Two providers pull up from ‘inadequate’

Two providers managed to pull themselves up from grade four this week – one to ‘good’ and the other…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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32 adult learning projects share £11.7 million fund

The projects which will share a £11.7 million fund to help more adults back into the classroom have been…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Monthly update: apprenticeship starts down 23 per cent in December

UPDATED: To ensure we’re comparing like with like, the table has been updated to include provisional figures from August…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Three senior Team Wearside staff jailed for £460,000 fraud

An ex-chief executive of a training provider and two of her former colleagues have been sentenced to a total…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Shakira Martin re-elected as NUS president

FE champion Shakira Martin (pictured above) has survived a row over allegations of bullying to be re-elected as president…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke


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Federation of Awarding Bodies appoints Tom Bewick as new chief executive

The Federation of Awarding Bodies has announced skills and enterprise policy expert Tom Bewick as its new chief executive…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Guildford College to join Activate Learning

A cash-strapped college that was forced to seek a merger after it became only the second institution to return…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Applications open for nine new T-level employer panels

Representatives from business are being asked to apply to join panels that will help develop new T-levels. The Department for…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Second wave of college strikes over pay begins today

The second wave of strike action by University and College Union members has begun, in an ongoing dispute over…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Learndirect’s second Ofsted monitoring visit: 15 key findings

The second monitoring visit report on crisis-hit Learndirect has been published by Ofsted. This was the second reinspection monitoring…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Bids to open for share of new construction retraining fund in April

Bidding is to open next month for a share of a new construction retraining fund worth tens of millions…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord

Must read

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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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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
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
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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