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Shadow chief exec appointed of new Institute for Apprenticeships

Rachel Sandby-Thomas (pictured above) has been appointed to the role of shadow chief executive of new Institute for Apprenticeships…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Colleges dispute findings of union report showing “significant” gender pay gap

A row has broken out between the University and College Union (UCU) and providers that dispute the findings of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Boles says UTCs ‘stronger’ in multi-academy trusts

University Technical Colleges (UTCs) should function as part of multi-academy trusts (MATs) to make them “stronger”, the skills minister…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Two new ‘good’ rated colleges join 157 Group

South Staffordshire College and South Thames College have joined the 157 Group, the body has revealed. The announcement was…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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BIS Sheffield ‘brain drain’ plans pushed back after outcry

The Government has pushed back its consultation over plans to close the Sheffield base for hundreds of civil servants…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College closures and debts in Saudi Arabia — just how bad is it?

In 2013-14 a host of UK providers jumped at the chance to take part in a programme in Saudi…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Teachers’ union hits back at SFCA over March strike

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has defended itself after the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) said an upcoming…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Guidance on restructuring facilities published by BIS

The government will be providing cash to help colleges to implement area review recommendations – but has made it…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Back to future with FEFC?

The number of Skills Funding Agency offices are to be radically reduced as they become ‘Further Education funding centres’…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Government distances themselves from Wilshaw

> Ofsted chief tells MPs colleges are in ‘mess’ and 16-19 should stay at school > Personal opinion sparks…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Struggling London college in talks with Newcastle group

A troubled London college has been in talks with a view to “closer working” with a college group based…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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More than 500 qualifications face full funding axe

> Up to 20 per cent full level 2 and 3 to lose entitlement status > SFA initially deny…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

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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…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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’

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