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Feltag online learning target was ‘red herring’

[slideshow_deploy id=’43845′] The 10 per cent target for online learning included in the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Deadline missed on apprenticeship consultation

The government has missed the first key deadline from its own timeline for apprenticeship reform implementation over the next…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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DfE figures reveal the FE sector winners and losers in vocational and A-level provision

Greenhead Sixth Form College has come out on top again in this year’s league tables for schools and colleges,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Does Skills Minister Nick Boles have any idea about Institute for Apprenticeships’ policing?

— ‘I have no idea — or if I had an idea I’m not going to share it’ Skills Minister…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Liverpool-based Oakmere Community College appeals against two-grade slump to inadequate

A Liverpool-based independent learning provider (ILP) has launched an appeal after it slumped from its previous ‘good’ Ofsted rating…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Union chiefs meet in discussions over pay

Further education trade unions have met twice in the last week to discuss an ongoing pay row with the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Tough new strike laws will apply to FE

FE colleges that recruit learners from the age of 14 will be covered by tough new strike rules, the…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Government target for 3m apprenticeship starts could be on track as new starts up 4pc

The government could be on track to meet its target of 3m new apprenticeship starts by 2020, according to…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Lifting of restriction on providers running traineeships brought forward to February 1

The date when the restriction requiring providers to have grade one or two Ofsted ratings to run traineeships will…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Boles to appear before Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy

Skills Minister Nick Boles will face a grilling from MPs on the Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy on Monday…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Fintan Donohue retires from Gazelle Colleges Group

Fintan Donohue has retired from his role as chief executive of the Gazelle Colleges Group after more than four…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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FE Commissioner ends involvement with seven providers

Seven FE and skills providers have been told by Skills Minister Nick Boles that their FE Commissioner interventions have…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke

Must read

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