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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…

FE Week Reporter
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…

FE Week Reporter
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…

FE Week Reporter
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…

FE Week Reporter
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)…

FE Week Reporter
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…

FE Week Reporter
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….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Sector welcomes ‘biggest ever’ apprentice minimum wage rise

An inflation-busting 20 per cent rise in the national minimum wage for apprentices announced today by Prime Minister David…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Number 10 reveals apprenticeship funding reform ahead of Budget

The two-year apprenticeship funding reform saga in which employers were expected to be handed government money to pay for…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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European states rely on QCF to recognise English apprenticeships, DWP official admits

The method used by other European states to recognise English apprenticeships relies on the doomed Qualifications and Credit Framework…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Education committee calls for careers advice to be ‘high up the agenda’ in next parliament

Careers advice should be “high up the agenda” in the next parliament, the House of Commons education select committee…

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FE Week Reporter
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Providers escape ‘£2m’ bill as fee plan dropped

Apprenticeship providers have escaped a potential sector bill of more than £2m after the body which issues completion certificates…

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