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Coalition duo go separate FE ways with manifestos

Yellow and blue went head to head as the two coalition partners made their policy pitches to the nation….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Was your college among best or worst success rates performers?

The Skills Funding Agency’s national success rates were published this month — and for the first time ever were…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Principal ‘on leave’ after staff no confidence votes

New College Stamford was remaining tight-lipped about the position of its under-fire principal April Carrol after staff passed a…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Ex-teacher charged with 28 sex offences

A teacher who worked at Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) has been charged with dozens of sex offences, including…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Problems with SFA salary info

Two colleges have told how Skills Funding Agency accounts showing what they spent on salary for the post of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Lib Dems join apprenticeship numbers race with pledge to double number of businesses with apprentices

The Liberal Democrats have joined the apprenticeship numbers race, matching Tory plans to create 3m starts in the next…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Councils fail to promote sector’s SEN provision

Councils are facing a call to better promote FE provision for learners with special educational needs (SEN) after a…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Your FE & skills General Election questions answered — part three: Liberal Democrats

The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have all come in for grilling with a host of questions from…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Birmingham Met to axe up to 250 jobs

As many as 250 jobs are set to be axed at Birmingham Metropolitan College — a move branded “catastrophic”…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Your FE & skills General Election questions answered — part two: Labour

The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have all come in for grilling with a host of questions from…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Your FE & skills General Election questions answered — part one: The Conservatives

The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have all come in for grilling with a host of questions from…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College governors’ code updated with ‘clearer and shorter’ guidance on financial risk management

The Association of Colleges (AoC) took on board more than 160 consultation responses before updating its new code of…

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