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Colleges’ race record in question

College leaders have been urged to make the promotion of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) principals a “priority”…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Functional skills fight after GCSE entry requirement u-turn

Childcare apprenticeship providers were today hoping a government announcement on GCSE equivalences “in due course” might provide a second…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Ex-NCN principal Basi in FE Commissioner showdown

A principal accused of steering his former college into “unprofitable non-core activities” has clashed with FE Commissioner Dr David…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Under-fire principal ‘committed’ to staying in post

The under-fire principal of a Midland college has told FE Week of her commitment to staying on in the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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SFA reveals those told to pay back after surprise in-year audit

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has released the identities of the 97 providers who paid back £554k after a…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Gazelle rocked by second founder college departure

A second founder college has pulled out of Gazelle and will not be renewing the £35k membership fee. New…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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UKCES gives £575k in job pay-offs

The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) handed out nearly £600k in exit packages to 13 staff who…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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No escape from cuts as FE and skills MPs see their own colleges hit

The impact of cuts to adult skills funding on colleges across England is increasingly being raised by MPs concerned…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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CBI rejects Professor Wolf’s proposal for apprenticeship levy

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has rejected Professor Lady Alison Wolf’s recommendation that all employers pay a levy…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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National fracking college bosses hit by planning rejection blows

Bosses of England’s new national fracking college were today waiting to find out if appeals would be launched after…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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New guide aims to improve understanding of skills system among policy makers

A comprehensive new guide to vocational education and training geared at improving the level of understanding of the skills system…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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New education and business committee members revealed

The new memberships of the two parliamentary select committees which oversee FE have been provisionally announced. Iain Wright, the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

Must read

16-19

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
News

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