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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…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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)…

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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…

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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….

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Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

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

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