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College area review ‘shambles’ — Shadow Minister Nic Dakin hits out over ‘unwieldy’ key meetings

The government has been warned its “hastily put together area reviews have all the ingredients of being yet another…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Apprentices get minimum wage boost with paypackets of lowest-earning up 20 per cent

Apprentices were today benefiting from a 20 per cent boost to their National Minimum Wage to £3.30 an-hour. Business…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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New destination data performance measure aims to have ‘bite’ to ‘provoke transformational improvements’

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) today launched a consultation on a new destination data performance measure…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Judge hits out over awarding organisation charities’ £400k trademark wrangle

A judge has rapped two open college network charities for running up huge legal bills in a trade mark…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Former college lecturer facing jail after admitting child rape

A former Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) teacher was today facing a lengthy jail term after pleading guilty to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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‘Not only a car crash, but a multiple pile-up’ — the FE sector view revisited six months after 2015 survey

The 2015 FE Week and Policy Consortium survey was published on the brink of a general election.  Six months…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Government presiding over ‘skills emergency’ and ‘dumbing down apprenticeships,’ Shadow Business Secretary Angela Eagle tells Labour conference

The government is “presiding over a skills emergency which threatens economic growth” while cutting FE funding and “dumbing down…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Loughborough College principal Esme Winch set for newly-created managing director’s post at NCFE

Awarding organisation (AO) NCFE is set to appoint Loughborough College principal Esme Winch (pictured above) as its first managing…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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The Association of Teachers and Lecturers lists job cuts consultations at over 50 colleges

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has issued a list of more than 50 colleges that have looked…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Later starts to continue at Nescot after pilot success

A North East Surrey College of Technology (Nescot) lie-in pilot has won longer-term approval after bosses saw a rise…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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‘It’s a different way of thinking about how we regulate’ – Ofqual’s Jeremy Benson Q&A on new RQF

The Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) was unveiled by Ofqual last week and was designed to be more descriptive and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell includes FE funding in top three priorities

Campaigning to protect FE funding is one of Lucy Powell’s top three priorities, the new Shadow Education Secretary told…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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