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Third of Intraining workforce hit as 450 jobs set for axe

More than a third of the workforce at NCG’s 1,200-worker Intraining division were today facing redundancy following one of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Don’t scrap GCSEs without ‘coherent’ 14 to 19 overview, Labour adviser warns

Labour plans to replace GCSEs with a “national baccalaureate” with both academic and technical routes will only work if…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Lewisham Southwark College students’ union president wins NUS election

Lewisham Southwark College students’ union president Shakira Martin was today elected as the next National Union of Students (NUS)…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Anti-terrorism website launches for FE and skills providers

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) today 0fficially unveiled a new website to help FE and skills providers stop…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Croydon unveils new free school plans

Croydon College has revealed its revamped free school proposal in its second attempt to open its own secondary school….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Functional Skills first reveals just 63pc achievement

Nearly 40 per cent of under 19 Functional Skills (FS) enrolments at general FE and tertiary colleges and independent…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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‘Achievement’ for levels two and three down since 2010

Level two and three “total achievement” levels for people aged 19 and above have declined over the last five…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Closure of third-full UTC prompts wider review call

College sector leaders have called for a review of the drive for more University Technical Colleges (UTC) after one…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Coalition parties let manifesto differences get between them

Funding increases, University Technical Colleges (UTCs) near every English city, a commission on funding for lifelong learning and millions…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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SFAsteps in for campus revamp go ahead at cash-strapped college

A cash-strapped East Midlands college’s plans for a multimillion pound campus revamp have been saved after the Skills Funding…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Coalition duo go separate FE ways with manifestos

Yellow and blue went head to head as the two coalition partners made their policy pitches to the nation….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Was your college among best or worst success rates performers?

The Skills Funding Agency’s national success rates were published this month — and for the first time ever were…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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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