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Lambeth College staff vote to walk out indefinitely

Staff at Lambeth College have voted to go on indefinite strike in a row over proposed changes to terms…

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FE Week Reporter
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Female leaders need to ‘stand up and be counted,’ says WLN chair

The chair of the Women’s Leadership Network (WLN) has told how women at the top of colleges should “stand up…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Commissioner’s college visits hit double figures as plans for annual report are revealed

Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins (pictured) has taken his tally of college reviews to 10, and will outline…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Skills Funding Agency releases long-awaited online learning aim search engine

The Skills Funding Agency has produced its long-awaited and overdue online Learning Aims Reference System (Lars). It is an…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Number of Neets falls — but England still behind European neighbours, warns thinktank

The number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) fell in the first three months of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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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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Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

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Billy Camden
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