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Fraudsters outwitted in £5.8m new build banking scam

Police are hunting fraudsters who tried to rip off an Essex college by pretending be behind work on its…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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‘Devil in the detail’ warning on Ofsted’s new CIF

Ofsted has been warned that the “devil will be in the detail” when it applies a new common inspection…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Fetl focus on third sector challenges

The Further Education Trust for Leadership (Fetl) has handed fellowship grants, worth up to £40,000 each, to four senior…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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President Atkins reveals concern over falling performance

Association of Colleges (AoC) president Richard Atkins has told of his concern at in depth research by FE Week…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Pressure mounts for Labour 16 to 19 ringfence policy

The pressure is mounting on Labour to reveal whether it would introduce an FE and skills funding ringfence after…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Mikaela on road to photography success

Stoke-on-Trent College learner Mikaela Mae Cobby is the winner of this year’s FE Week and Me Photography Competition. The…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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‘No gap’ assurance amid ESF funding delay concerns

The European Commission and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have vowed there will be no gap in…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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SFA review clears college

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has cleared a London college of any wrong-doing over a £4.1m budget black hole…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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High-profile BBC host for FE Week apprentice event

BBC Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark has been unveiled as host of the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference next month….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Principal’s defence on tables data

A principal has defended her University Technical College (UTC) after it came in dramatically below other institutions in official…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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City & Guilds makes Oxford provider move

Awarding organisation City & Guilds has announced its acquisition of privately-funded independent learning provider The Oxford Group. It said…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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SFA to fund non-QCF quals as Ofqual begins to remove controversial framework

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced it will fund courses which do not fit with the qualifications and credit framework (QCF) as…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

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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,…

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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

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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

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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…

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New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

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