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Commended for world’s best teacher award

A singing science lecturer from Middlesbrough College narrowly missed out on a $1m prize recognising the world’s best teacher….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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FE Commissioner offers president advice

Former presidents of the Association of Colleges (AoC) have welcomed the election of John Widdowson (pictured above) as next…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Dame Ruth takes on Scotland role

Former Learning and Skills Improvement Service chair Dame Ruth Silver (pictured) has now been appointed to chair a Scottish Government…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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College opens doors for its own ‘Skills Show’ event

[slideshow_deploy id=’33906′]   From manicuring to forensic science and robotics to bricklaying, London learners got a taste of the…

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FE Week Reporter
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Labour’s apprenticeship policy fails to win support

Labour’s pledge to axe apprenticeships at level two  came under attack once again when Shadow Junior Education Minister Yvonne…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Further education providers announced as Nuclear National College partners

Further Education providers in the north and south of England have been named as key partners in a new…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Darlington College tumbles from grade one to four

A North East England college has tumbled from an outstanding Ofsted rating to inadequate, an inspection report published today…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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EXCLUSIVE: SFA wins provider allocation deal with BIS to stop budget cuts hitting 32 per cent

‘Cushioning’ agreement with BIS limits worst of adult skills cuts to 24 per cent The Skills Funding Agency (SFA)…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Budget confirms 2017 roll-out of apprenticeship vouchers as FE sector braces for more cuts

New “digital apprenticeship vouchers” will be introduced in 2017, the government confirmed today as sector bodies raised concerns about…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Jan Hodges announces Edge Foundation retirement

Edge Foundation chief executive Jan Hodges OBE today announced her retirement next month after a 35-year career in education….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Sector welcomes ‘biggest ever’ apprentice minimum wage rise

An inflation-busting 20 per cent rise in the national minimum wage for apprentices announced today by Prime Minister David…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Number 10 reveals apprenticeship funding reform ahead of Budget

The two-year apprenticeship funding reform saga in which employers were expected to be handed government money to pay for…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

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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
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps

Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Frances Read