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Hope for continued English apprentice Euro recognition

Ofqual hopes to ensure English apprenticeships will continue to be recognised in Europe after the Qualifications and Credit Framework…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Boles kills off two-page Trailblazer pledge

Skills Minister Nick Boles has relaxed much-vaunted rules set by his predecessor, Matthew Hancock, that limited new apprenticeship guidelines…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Reform victory for status quo cash flow

Providers and employers who said no to government cash for apprenticeship training going through businesses have won the fight…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Learners need new providers after inadequate ratings

Hundreds of learners will be hoping for new providers after the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) said it would tear…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Question mark over the future of Trailblazer reviews

A question mark was today left hanging over the future of Trailblazer apprenticeship standard reviews. Approval has so far…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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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…

FE Week Reporter
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

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
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