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Middlesbrough College acquires NECC Training

Middlesbrough College has acquired the training arm of the North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC), which currently delivers around…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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‘Inadequate’ colleges double-digit disaster as English and maths policy blamed

The number of general further education colleges to have been branded ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted since September has hit double figures,…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Exclusive : More than half of all college sixth forms seeking academy status

Almost two thirds of sixth form colleges have registered an interest in converting to an academy, FE Week can…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Brexit could kill-off apprenticeship levy plans, Boles warns

Skills Minister Nick Boles has reportedly warned that Brexit could put an end to the apprenticeship levy. He spoke…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Yet more fraudsters found targeting FE colleges

Colleges have again been warned to be vigilant after fraudsters posing as principals have been foiled in a string…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Sir David Collins to step down before area reviews complete

The FE Commissioner Sir David Collins will stand down in November — even though the long-delayed national programme of…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke


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FE college principals snubbed in Queen’s birthday honours, but governors recognised

Principals of general FE colleges in England have been snubbed in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours – as FE…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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HIT Training boss and FE Week columnist John Hyde one of 20 FE figures recognised in Queen’s birthday honours list

John Hyde, executive chairman of HIT Training – and FE Week’s regular Raw Hyde columnist – was one of…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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WorldSkills heroes awarded British Empire Medals

Three members of Team UK have followed up last year’s success in WorldSkills São Paulo with recognition in the…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Government is ‘even now’ unsure of traineeships direction

FE Week held a lively debate on the future and purpose of traineeships at the Palace of Westminster last…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Apprenticeship levy should be applied to all employers, claims Wolf

The apprenticeship levy should not be limited to large employers, according to the senior government vocational education adviser who…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Depth of resistance to area review laid bare

Deep divisions have been exposed between the colleges and the combined local authority involved with the Greater Manchester area…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke

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Qualifications

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
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

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Jessica Hill
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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’

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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