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Indies could face FoI ‘requirements’

Independent learning providers could become subject to Freedom of Information (FoI) Act “requirements” under government proposals. Firms that “carry…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College to close former Pearson in Practice centres

West Nottinghamshire College has announced plans to shut almost half of the training centres it bought under last year’s…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Agency wants online delivery data

Providers will have to say how much of their courses are delivered online in their individualised learner record (ILR)…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Lingfield reveals FE institute plans

Chartered status for FE providers is just months away, the chair of the new Institution for Further Education has…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Government in childcare qualifications ‘neglect’

Concerns have been expressed after a “key aspect” of recommendations on the future of childcare qualifications was “neglected” by…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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More strikes threatened

Further strike action at sixth form colleges could be on the cards after a walkout by staff on Thursday…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Staff unsure of under fire principal’s future

Staff at a college in the South West are in the dark about the future of their principal after…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Councils face Hancock’s wrath over teen tracking

Nine more councils are to get a slap on the wrist over their tracking of 16 and 17-year-olds, just…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Traineeship figures revealed for first time

The government has said traineeships were “off to a good start” as it revealed 3,300 starts in  six months. It…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Sixth form college staff walk out over pay and conditions

Sixth form college teachers up and down the country have walked out of work as part of a strike by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Is FE and skills on board the Lep drive and does it even need to be?

Local enterprise partnerships seemed to be the next big thing for FE and skills in late 2012 when Lord…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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The Great FE & Skills Survey of 2014

The Great FE & Skills Survey of 2014 has been launched. The state-of-the-nation survey, which is a joint project…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
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Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

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As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

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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…

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Jessica Hill
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Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

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Billy Camden