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Sir Lenny among AoC conference speakers

Comedian-turned-actor Sir Lenny Henry will be one of the guest speakers at this year’s Association of Colleges (AoC) Conference. He will…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Foundation Degree awarding powers granted to Hull College Group as government moratorium lifted

Hull College Group has become the fifth college in England to be granted Foundation Degree Awarding Powers (DAPs), after…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Progress continues at previously-troubled Barnfield College with Ofsted praise after final monitoring visit

Ofsted has identified progress across all areas looked at in a third monitoring visit of previously-troubled Barnfield College. Inspectors were at…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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National Audit Office to look at quality concerns around government management of apprenticeship reforms

The National Audit Office (NAO) will investigate quality concerns over the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ (BIS) drive…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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First Ofsted short inspection of FE provider published amid ‘cramming in’ concerns

The results of the first Ofsted short inspection of a good provider were positive for the Cheshire college visited…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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FE Week publisher Lsect gets leading role in prestigious Festival of Education

The prestigious Festival of Education has unveiled The Telegraph as its new UK media partner and announced a leading…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Demise of the two-year college course

–  Government announces plans for colleges to deliver more apprenticeships for 17-year-olds –  FE leaders question whether new policy…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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‘Limited demand for level three apprenticeships from businesses could lead to levy resistance’ – new joint select committee research claims

Limited demand for level three apprenticeship skills among UK businesses could lead to “resistance” to the proposed large employers’…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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David Cameron’s new apprenticeship adviser Nadhim Zahawi tells how ‘entrepreneurial experience’ will help him fulfil duties

Stratford-upon-Avon MP Nadhim Zahawi (above left) today told how his “experience as an entrepreneur” would help him in his new…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Niace rename approved as members say yes to Learning and Work Institute

A rename for the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) following its merger with the Centre for Social Inclusion…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Targets for different apprenticeship levels in race to 3m starts dismissed by Treasury and BIS

Government representatives today dismissed the suggestion of targets for different apprenticeship levels in the race for 3m new starts by…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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National Apprenticeship Awards regional winners announced for the East Midlands and East of England

Prestigious awards and special commendations have been handed out to dozens of learners and employers at National Apprenticeship Awards (NAAs)…

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