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Former ETF interim chief Sir Geoff Hall lands Principals’ Professional Council job

Former Education and Training Foundation (ETF) interim chief executive Sir Geoff Hall is to become general secretary of the…

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FE Week Reporter
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Labour under fire from human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell over ‘gender segregated’ rally in Shadow Skills Minister’s constituency

Labour officials have defended an election rally in Shadow Skills Minister Liam Byrne’s constituency where the audience appeared to be…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Learners’ balloon effort takes off

The sky was no limit for students and staff from the science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) departments at…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Dr Pember in return to FE and skills leadership role

Former Whitehall FE and skills chief and resident FE Week agony aunt Dr Sue Pember is set for a…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Exam papers ‘could be lost’ after ‘technical error’

A “technical error” in collecting Functional Skills papers has left learners across the country unsure whether their City &…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Row breaks out over quals funding email claims

A bitter row has broken out between two awarding organisations (AOs) over claims one had “lost” public funding for…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Sector politicians are all bookies’ favourites

These are the political faces we’ve come to know in the world of FE and skills — but how…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Eight FE and skills ideas that ran out of steam — remember any of them?

As the dawn of a new government with the possibility of a raft of new policies approaches, former FE…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Apprenticeships and careers advice key to Lib Dem youth unemployment plans, Clegg to reveal

Apprenticeships and one-on-one careers advice will play a key role in Liberal Democrat plans to cut youth unemployment to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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FE Commissioner launches city-wide review looking at merging Nottingham’s two biggest colleges

The FE Commissioner has launched a city-wide review of vocational education in Nottingham which is looking at merging the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Plea for an FE & skills lifeline

Funding, change, workload and bureaucracy topped the list of concerns in the second annual FE Week sector survey. Worries…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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New lead sponsor for Skills Show revealed

Vocational education charity the Edge Foundation is the new lead sponsor for the Skills Show, it has been announced….

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As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

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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…

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