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Ofsted to end lesson gradings in FE pilot

Ofsted is to ditch graded lesson observations in an FE and skills in a pilot following a University College…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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College bouncing back from inspection shock

A formerly outstanding college that in just four years plummeted to inadequate across the board has started moving in…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Pilot for 16 to 19s after Career College blow

A London college is to launch its own pilot Career College after failing to make the cut for the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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College bribery claim before plans meeting

North East Surrey College of Technology (Nescot) has been accused of bribery for offering a day’s leave if staff…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Learner destination worries over homepage proposals

Concerns about the tracking of learner destinations have emerged with a new consultation on plans for colleges and schools…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Lingfield gets £350k budget

The body behind a new quality mark for FE providers will get taxpayer funding of up to £350k this…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Give ‘grandfather’ funding option, says CBI

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has told the government that employers should be able to ignore apprenticeship reforms…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Hugh Baird and Oldham colleges to open first Career Colleges as plans for at least ten more are announced

The first two Career Colleges have been announced, while plans for at least a further 10 next year —…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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It’s Brazil to lift the World Cup say FE and skills leaders in FE Week fundraiser

Brazilian magic will see the host nation lift the World Cup in just over a month’s time — that’s…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Former principal of Warwickshire College steps in at troubled Lewisham and Southwark College (Lesoco)

Lesoco has brought in the former chair of the 157 Group to take over as interim consultant principal following…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Colleges and schools to put performance measures on website home pages

Colleges and schools will have to show key performance data on their website home pages under Department for Education…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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VQ Day

Owen’s blinder at VQ Day Awards Day Awards celebrate the learners, employers and teachers who demonstrate the success of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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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
Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill