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Second principal issues safety statement

A second general FE college principal in a fortnight has issued a public safety announcement following a safety scare….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Voc ed on party leaders’ agenda

Vocational education and skills was top of the agenda when top politicians addressed business leaders last week. Prime Minister…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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1,000 apprentices at Aldi

Discount supermarket Aldi has revealed plans to create up to 1,000 apprenticeships as it looks to double its high…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Confederation ends after a year

The Gateshead and Middlesbrough College Confederation has been terminated after just 12 months. The two colleges came together in…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Sixth form college falls two grades to inadequate

Hartlepool Sixth Form College has crashed from a good to inadequate Ofsted rating. It received a grade two rating…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Clegg’s UCas-style 16 to 18 plan ‘already in place’

Government plans to launch a UCas-style vocational database by September next year have been short shrift by the boss…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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FE Commissioner gets five ex-principal advisers

These are the five former principals and one ex-vice principal that make up the new intake of advisers for…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Party differences on FE and skills prove difficult to spot

Association of Colleges (AoC) chief executive Martin Doel took time out from his preparations for the AoC annual conference…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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UK national skills champions crowned at the Skills Show 2014

The Skills Show 2014 ended tonight with a celebration of the UK’s most skilled apprentices and learner as the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Gazelle founders stand firm amid college withdrawal

Gazelle’s five founder colleges have re-affirmed their commitment to the organisation with the announcement that one college was set…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Chief defends £93k Activate Learning rebrand

The chief executive of a college group under fire for a £93,000 rebrand has defended the spend. A Freedom…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Clegg’s 16 to 18 UCas plan ‘already here’ says UCas

The Deputy Prime Minister today announced “revolutionary” plans for a UCas-style vocational database for 16 to 18-year-olds — but…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

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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
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