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Councils failing to track learners’ status, Ofsted director to claim

Councils are failing to track the status of learners in FE colleges and other training providers, a senior Ofsted…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Improvement plan ‘not fit for purpose’ at grade four-rated Central Bedfordshire UTC

Ofsted inspectors have branded the improvement action plan of an inadequate-rated university technical college (UTC) as “not fit for…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Departmental collaboration and high-profile campaign needed to address adult literacy and numeracy issue, say MPs

Greater co-operation across several government departments, a review of funding and a high profile national campaign were among a…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Sector responds to MPs’ adult numeracy and literacy report

Key figures from across the FE and skills sector have been poring over the adult numeracy and literacy report by…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Sector bodies have their say on government plans

Officials at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are currently sifting through the results of FE and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Could a learner have committed militant hacking?

Police investigating the hacking of a college website which resulted in it “supporting” the militant group Islamic State (ISIS)…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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‘Don’t spend Bursary Fund cash on FE free meals top-up’ — DfE

Officials at the Department for Education (DfE) have told providers they can’t top up FE free meals allocations with…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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SFA’s £30.4m grant clears K College advances debt

Debts at the defunct K College were cleared after the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) dished out a £30.4m grant,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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No tracking of traineeship job outcomes

The government has admitted it did not ask providers to keep a record of whether traineeships resulted in learners…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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DfE gives colleges school data access to remove young learners’ hurdle

A major stumbling block holding up colleges looking to take on 14 and 15-year-old learners has been addressed by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Leadership thinktank launches £50K future-gazing fellowships

A new FE leadership thinktank set up by former Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) chair Dame Ruth Silver…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Hub breaks down on ILR data deadline day

Providers trying to submit information for the first individualised learner record (ILR) return of the academic year faced software…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
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
Young people

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
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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