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‘Don’t prepare for new inspections’, Ofsted boss Lorna Fitzjohn tells FE providers

Colleges which are good at “what they do on a daily basis” should not prepare for inspection under Ofsted’s…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Nick Boles faces education grilling from MPs

Skills Minister Nick Boles has reiterated his commitment to make it illegal to misuse the word “apprenticeships”. Mr Boles,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Further education learners and staff to take the cuts protest to MPs’ front door at Parliament

FE staff and students are set to lobby politicians directly tomorrow afternoon as they take the fight against swingeing sector…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Tax expert and public private relationships adviser to take reins at 157 Group

The new chief executive of the 157 Group is to be Ian Pretty, currently a senior vice president for…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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UTCs team to ‘work with’ Boles on programme

The organisation behind Lord Baker’s university technical colleges (UTCs) has said it will be “working with” Skills Minister Nick…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Is England set to go Dutch on skills system?

Super colleges and beefed-up sector skills councils could be on the horizon — if Skills Minister Nick Boles’s hopes…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Let’s work together on 16 to 19s, FE leaders tell local councils

Sector leaders have said they are keen to work with local authorities on improving 16 to 19 participation and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Apprentice recruitment halted over funding delay

Providers hit with an unexpected and “agonising wait” to find out if they will be paid for apprenticeships and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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MPs pitch for chair posts on FE committees

Nominations have closed, and the race to chair two of Parliament’s most influential select committees is almost over. Labour…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Burnham backlash over apprentice loans worries

Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham sparked an alarmed response on Twitter after his comments on apprenticeship loans led to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Enterprise bill to protect term ‘apprenticeship’ and force public bodies to recruit

Apprenticeships will be given the same legal protection as degrees, allowing a clampdown on firms which misuse the term,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Principal and vocational teaching leader Frank McLoughlin leads FE & skills pack in Queen’s Birthday honours with knighthood

City and Islington College principal and chair of the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (Cavtl) Frank McLoughlin has…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

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Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
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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
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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