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Yvonne Fovargue gets shadow education post in Labour’s mini-reshuffle

The new shadow education minister responsible for FE and skills has been named as Yvonne Fovargue. Ms Fovargue’s appointment…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Second academic issues guidance criticism

Further education sector bodies have called for action after another academic criticised careers advice in England. In a report…

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FE Week Reporter
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Skills Minister admits to ‘nerves’ over making employers cough up for apprenticeships

Skills Minister Nick Boles has admitted to being “nervous” about proposed employer cash contributions towards apprenticeship training costs. Addressing…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Apprentice group campaigns on childcare

The National Society of Apprentices (NSOA) has called for a childcare funding scheme that hands out up to £8,400…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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QCF ‘needs fixing, not ditching’

Ofqual has been urged not to “throw the baby out with the bathwater” after its boss hinted the Qualifications…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Lambeth strike vote shelved to consider ‘new offer’

A ballot that could have led to renewed industrial action at Lambeth College has been suspended to allow union…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Trial over a4e seven accused of fraud offences under way

The trial of seven people charged with fraud-related offences after allegedly ripping off the taxpayer at welfare-to-work provider A4e…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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WorldSkills wins £18m BIS boost

The government has pledged to continue funding the Skills Show, skills competitions and the UK’s entry to WorldSkills for…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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‘Light-bulb moments’ figure in final IfL survey

The results of the final Institute for Learning (IfL) survey of teachers and trainers in FE and skills are presented…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Adult skills budget going on ‘wrong sort of IT’

Further education colleges have a vital role to play in bringing digital skills qualifications up to date to boost…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Reform warning as apprenticeships plummet

Apprenticeship funding reforms have been thrust back into the spotlight after government figures indicated the programme was heading for…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Apprenticeship starts fall by more than 60,000, according to government figures

All-age apprenticeships starts fell by 13 per cent last year according to provisional government data released this morning. The…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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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…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

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

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
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