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Trade union and business leaders issue joint agreement over traineeship pay and work experience as programme marks one-year anniversary

Trade union and business leaders have today issued a joint agreement on traineeships over pay and work experience quality…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Government Q&A on apprenticeship funding reform fails to ease concerns

Concerns about proposed new apprenticeship funding models remain despite an update on reform plans from the Department for Business,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Free schools allowed to join ranks of the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association

Free schools could be allowed to join the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association (SFCA) after its governing council voted in…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Pressure mounts for answers over Warwickshire College principal Mariane Cavalli’s departure

A Midland college is under growing pressure to go public over the departure of its former principal after she unexpectedly…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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What can FE and skills expect of Nick Boles?

With just over a fortnight gone since Grantham and Stamford MP Nick Boles became the new Skills Minister, the sector…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Mariane Cavalli to leave Warwickshire College next month after unexplained temporary absence

Warwickshire College principal Mariane Cavalli will leave her post at the end of August, the college has announced. Her…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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New sector leadership thinktank appoints chief executive

A new sector leadership thinktank has appointed former National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) policy director Mark Ravenhall…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Tech bacc could help one in four, says Skills Minister Boles

New Skills Minister Nick Boles said he hoped one in four young people would study for the government’s flagship…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Union questions move to keep ‘supportive’ Gazelle report out of public domain

A decision to keep an allegedly positive report about the under-fire Gazelle Colleges Group under-wraps has been questioned by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Skills body vows to bring down rejection rate for apprentice certificates

A crackdown on rejected claims for apprenticeship certificates has been launched in a bid reduce the number of rejections…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Vocational education inquiry aims to explain reduction in apprenticeship starts, committee chair announces

An education committee inquiry into vocational qualifications will look at the reduction of apprenticeships starts among 16 to 19-year-olds,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Ofqual looks at scrapping QCF rules and reviews qualification sizes

Ofqual has launched two 12-week consultations looking at the future of the qualifications and credit framework (QCF) rules and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

Must read

Colleges, Long read

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

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
16-19

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
News

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