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Editor Asks: David Hughes in conversation (part 2)

Part two of our wide-ranging interview with the new AoC boss David Hughes covers the new FE commissioner, area…

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Nick Linford
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National schools commissioner addresses college leaders

The eight RSCs work closely with the national schools commissioner Sir David Carter, who put in two appearances at…

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FE Week
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Guess the FE cartoons!

FE Week’s brilliant cartoonist Bill Houston was quick on the draw at the Association of Colleges conference this week,…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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President to make 2017 the year FE colleges tackle mental health

The new president of the Association of Colleges will dedicate his term in office to tackling what he described…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Richard Atkins: The FE sector ‘is doing pretty well’

The FE sector is not doomed, the new commissioner has insisted during upbeat speech dismissing claims that it was…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Government adviser criticises full-time vocational courses

The whole notion of full-time vocational courses has been “challenged” by the man who chairs the Apprenticeship Delivery Board,…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord


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Lord Sainsbury criticised over ‘retail assistant’ comments

Lord Sainsbury has been branded an “elitist” after he claimed in a speech to the Association of Colleges’ annual…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Colleges go a decade without full inspection

Two colleges in England have now gone more than 10 years without a full inspection – setting a new…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Ministers need to fund technical education, says Lord Sainsbury

Ministers need to take a more realistic view of the cost of high-quality technical education and increase funding to…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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AoC Beacon Awards honour the best that colleges have to offer

Twelve colleges from across the UK have been honoured at the Association of Colleges’ Beacon Awards for excellence in…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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How does the directory of apprenticeship training providers work?

Last month, the government launched its directory of apprenticeship training providers, part of the raft of reforms coming in…

FE Week
FE Week
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FE Week team sweep the board at Education Journalism Awards 2016

Two FE Week journalists scooped the top further education prizes at the CIPR Education Journalism Awards 2016 at a…

FE Week
FE Week

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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
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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

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Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

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Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps

Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments

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Apprenticeships

Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse

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Billy Camden
Adult education

Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets

Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen