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Colleges’ free school hopes dashed by DfE rejection

Two general FE colleges have had their free school plans thrown out by the Department for Education (DfE), FE…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Edition 145: Movers & Shakers

Among the country’s colleges, independent learning providers and other skills bodies, at least 14 have welcomed new leaders for…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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New adult and community learning boss Pember facing a mixed performance picture

With former government FE and skills boss Dr Sue Pember now installed at the helm of adult and community…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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College sector sees ‘unique’ step of registering as Trailblazer assessor

Leicester College has branched out from simply delivering apprenticeships in a college sector first by taking the “unique” step…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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New uni system in place for HE in FE learners

General FE colleges are hoping fears they could be overwhelmed with higher education gripes prove unfounded as they start…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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SFA contract joy as safeguarding ‘glitches’ disappear

An independent learning provider that faced losing its Skills Funding Agency (SFA) contract after an Ofsted inadequate rating over…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Lep boss tight-lipped on merger reviews funding issue

Council and business leaders have remained tight-lipped over financial support for college mergers as the FE sector continues to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Post-GCSE maths quals rolled out

Pilot qualifications in post-GCSE maths that were launched late last year have been fully rolled out by the Department…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Broken Boles promise leads to Trailblazer criticism

Skills Minister Nick Boles has broken his promise to the House of Commons Education Select Committee that there would…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Colleges to face merger bill in government’s far-reaching ‘area reviews’, leaked guidance reveals

Colleges will be expected to foot the bill for changes recommended during government-ordered area reviews or risk having their funding…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Six more FE colleges listed by EFA as ‘intending to deliver’ 14 to 16 provision

A further six general FE colleges have been listed by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) as intending to take…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Team UK comes in at seventh place at WorldSkills 2015

TeamUK finished in seventh place at this year’s WorldSkills competition, held in Brazil. The team took home three gold…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

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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
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