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Ofsted reinspection timeframe halved

Ofsted proposals to halve the time between inspections of good FE and skills providers have been questioned by the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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New policy behind rise in gcse resitters at college

Learners are turning to FE after being refused entry to school sixth forms following a change in government policy,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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SFA ‘top-up’ on Esol welcomed — but concern for 2015/16

A Skills Funding Agency (SFA) move to allow “topping-up” on funding for new English for Speakers of Other Languages…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Staff get ‘improved’ offer as strike vote ends

Lambeth College staff who went on a five-week strike just before the summer holiday and are considering further industrial…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Phones 4u apprentices find new employers

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and subcontractor EQL Solutions have revealed plans to support apprentices left unemployed after Phones…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Childcare sector calls for return of Functional Skills as entry option

Childcare qualification providers have called for Functional Skills to be reinstated as entry requirements for early years educator (EYE)…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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All aboard for the Skills Show

Plans for the third annual Skills Show have been unveiled, featuring more than 50 hands-on activities, a new tour…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Indies challenged to compete

The independent learning provider (ILP) sector has been laid down the challenge of getting more involved in skills competitions….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Sixth form colleges record growing numbers

Sixth form colleges have shared their enrolment figures for 2014 after taking part in a joint Association of Colleges…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Functional Skills here to stay, says Boles

Functional Skills “will continue to be one of the types of qualification that learners have available,” according to a…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Ofsted reinspection timeframe halved

Ofsted proposals to halve the time between inspections of good FE and skills providers have been questioned by the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Cable’s ‘FE saviour’ claim backed by ex-SFA boss

Claims by Business Secretary Vince Cable that he stopped government officials from “killing off” FE have been backed by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel