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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…

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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…

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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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Former North Hertfordshire College principal Fintan Donohue denies knowledge of success rates manipulation

Former North Hertfordshire College (NHC) principal Fintan Donohue has denied any “knowledge of wrongdoing” after it was discovered that…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Productivity ‘in danger’ from government’s 3m apprenticeships aim

The government target to create 3m apprenticeship starts could pose “a real danger” to national productivity, National Institute of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Chartered status body for FE finally arrives

The Privy Council today announced that the Queen had approved the grant of a Royal Charter to the Institution…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Former FE students shine at AoC gold awards

Former college learners who have gone on to shine in their chosen profession were celebrated the Association of Colleges…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

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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

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Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

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A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

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