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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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Mid-Cheshire College falls from outstanding to inadequate

A further education college has plummeted from the highest to lowest overall grade after its first Ofsted inspection in more…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Government announces first wave of apprenticeship frameworks to be switched off

The Government has announced the first seven apprenticeship frameworks that will be closed to new starts this summer. The…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofsted boss tells MPs all 16 to 19-year-olds should be taught in schools

Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has said all 16 to 19-year-olds should be educated in schools, during a parliamentary…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Area review restructuring facility details finally confirmed – two weeks after revealed by FE Week

The government has finally confirmed that cash will be available for colleges to implement area review recommendations – almost…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Second new 157 Group member announced after strategic review

City College Plymouth (CCP) has become the second college to join the 157 Group since it exclusively revealed its…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Strike action at sixth form colleges on March 15

Sixth Form College members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) have voted for strike action. The ballot, which…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

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16-19

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
News

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
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