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Team UK’s golden success at EuroSkills closing ceremony

Team UK is bringing home two golds, one silver, two bronze and eight medallions of excellence from EuroSkills 2016…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Meet Team UK competitors ahead of EuroSkills medal ceremony

Team UK will tonight find out which of their members have claimed ultimate EuroSkills glory as gold, silver and…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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SFA steps up campaign against topslicing management fees

The crackdown on providers who fail to disclose how much they topslice from subcontracting contracts has stepped up a…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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EuroSkills day 3: Team UK’s Betsy breaks through the engineering glass ceiling

Betsy Crosbie stands out from the crowd at EuroSkills Gothenburg not only for her talent, but because she is…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Dan wins gold for Team UK at EuroSkills in Gothenburg

Team UK has bagged an early gold medal at EuroSkills Gothenburg after Daniel McCabe came out on top in…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE takes back £3m from colleges failing in English and maths

Colleges across the country have lost almost £3 million in Education Funding Agency cash through failure to comply with…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke


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EuroSkills day 2: Intricate design could bag Danielle floristry gold

Danielle Scandone came out of day two of EuroSkills Gothenburg feeling reenergised thanks to her intricate fingers that produced…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Disappointment over further delay to FE maintenance loans decision

Sector leaders have been left “disappointed” after the government delayed its decision on whether to provide maintenance loans for…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Careers company coverage a postcode lottery?

A government-backed careers company does not cater to every college around the country, including the whole of London, FE…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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UTCs fare best in report on work-related learning failings

Two university technical colleges have come out on top in an Ofsted report which found the majority of England’s…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Delayed area reviews outcomes bring limited change

Most colleges involved in the first two waves of the area reviews will neither change nor merge, it has…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Wilshaw contradicts own report with ‘personal’ English and maths attack

Sir Michael Wilshaw has provoked outrage across the FE sector once again, with a series of “personal and ignorant…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson

Must read

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
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor