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Labour MPs secure Opposition Day debate to call for 16 to 19 budget protection

Labour has secured an Opposition Day debate to propose that the 16 to 19 education budget be given the same…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Don’t let private training providers ‘steal your lunch’, Skills Minister Nick Boles tells college leaders

Skills Minister Nick Boles has told Association of Colleges (AoC) conference delegates to stop letting private providers “nick your…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Live with Linford at AoC Conference 2015

Nick Linford, founder and former editor of FE Week, is out-and-about during AoC Conference 2015 bringing you all the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Ten-point plan for apprenticeship success laid out by government official Jennifer Coupland

A ten-point plan to help deliver the government’s 3m apprenticeships target has been issued by senior apprenticeship official Jennifer…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College mergers on cards in Shrewsbury and East London

Two further mergers have been proposed for the college sector. Shrewsbury College, Shrewsbury Sixth Form College and New College…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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‘Remarkable how colleges have kept going’ says AoC chief Martin Doel

Ahead of the Association of Colleges (AoC) 2015 conference, chief executive Martin Doel tells FE Week reporter Alix Robertson…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Concern at ‘tight’ 18-month ESF delivery timescale

Sector leaders have reacted with concern to a “tight” Skills Funding Agency (SFA) timetable for handing out £650m of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Future of Fisss uncertain as BIS plans new system for apprenticeship certificates

The future of the Federation for Industry Sector Skills and Standards (Fisss) was today uncertain with the government looking…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Sixth Form College Commissioner Peter Mucklow shares area review load with new advisers

These are some of the faces in Sixth Form College Commissioner Peter Mucklow’s new team as he shares the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Professor Brian Cox on hand for £20m new Middlesbrough College Stem centre

Celebrity Professor Brian Cox was guest of honour at Middlesbrough College to open a new £20m science, technology, engineering…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Network for Black and Asian Professionals to close ‘due to lack of funding’

The Network for Black and Asian Professionals (NBAP) is to close “due to lack of funding,” FE Week can…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College chairs’ bid to prevent Chancellor George Osborne raid on finances

More than 100 college governors’ board chairs put on a united front to Prime Minister David Cameron in a…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson

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Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
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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