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Seven-year wait for new FE and skills professional teaching standards is over

New guidelines for FE and skills teachers, lecturers and trainers have been issued by the Education and Training Foundation….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Commissioner ruling on grade four college leads to 150 jobs at risk

A Greater Manchester college could be forced to make up to 150 redundancies after it was ordered to balance…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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UCU rejects 0.7 per cent offer as pay talks continue

Pay talks between college staff and leaders are to continue after a 0.7 per cent pay rise was rejected…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Learndirect could get £100m flotation

Learndirect could be in line for a £100m flotation, it has been reported. According to Education Investor magazine, the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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NUS chief executive Ben Kernighan resigns less than one year in post

National Union of Students (NUS) chief executive Ben Kernighan has resigned after less than a year in the role,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Bright Assessing loses third and final appeal stage after ‘malpractice’ was found

Awarding organisation NCFE (formerly the Northern Council for Further Education) has detailed evidence of alleged malpractice at Bright Assessing…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Government announces traineeships in future could take less than three weeks

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed to FE Week that the traineeship minimum duration rule…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Careers guidance and financial support top ATL election manifesto priorities

Good careers guidance, financial support for learners progressing to FE and an end to colleges being run for profit…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Baker in ‘no Neets’ plea as youth job hopes take centre stage

The number of jobless young people is as its lowest level in five years, but at the Youth Employment…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Twitter row principal calls off CEO move

A Hampshire principal caught up in a Twitter row in which BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson was labelled a c***…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Commissioner claims first scalp

The FE Commissioner has claimed his first scalp with LeSoCo principal Maxine Room standing down at the end of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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College bursary roll-overs stopped

Colleges are to be stopped from rolling unspent 16 to 19 bursary money of more than £500 over into…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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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
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps

Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Frances Read
Apprenticeships

Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse

ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets

Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen