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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….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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FE Week Reporter
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Careers guidance and financial support top ATL election manifesto priorities

Good careers guidance, financial support for learners progressing to FE and an end to colleges being run for profit…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Baker in ‘no Neets’ plea as youth job hopes take centre stage

The number of jobless young people is as its lowest level in five years, but at the Youth Employment…

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FE Week Reporter
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Twitter row principal calls off CEO move

A Hampshire principal caught up in a Twitter row in which BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson was labelled a c***…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Commissioner claims first scalp

The FE Commissioner has claimed his first scalp with LeSoCo principal Maxine Room standing down at the end of…

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FE Week Reporter
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College bursary roll-overs stopped

Colleges are to be stopped from rolling unspent 16 to 19 bursary money of more than £500 over into…

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FE Week Reporter

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