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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
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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


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Lib Dems pledge 16 to 19 funding boost in budget protection plan

Funding for 16 to 19-year-olds would receive a boost under Liberal Democrat plans to budget for rising learner numbers,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Second groundbreaking UTC to shut as student numbers fail to increase and Ofsted sees lack of improvement

Student numbers, financial challenges, staffing capacity and a second consecutive Ofsted inspection blow were said to be behind plans…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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UTCs, apprenticeships and destination data central to Tory manifesto plans for FE

The Conservatives will put a University Technical College (UTC) “within reach of every city” and increase the use of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Bogus United Nations invoice caught by eagle-eyed staff

Providers have been warned to be vigilant after another attempted scam hit the sector. Andy Cole (pictured), principal of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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London federation learns from Middlesbrough ‘failure’

Three London colleges have announced plans to form a federation in a bid to combat budget cuts. Newham College,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Employers back skills pilot after damning review

Businesses have called on the government to keep faith with its employer ownership of skills pilot despite a damning…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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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