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New careers guidance rules ‘don’t go far enough’

New rules which mean schools will be forced to tell their pupils about FE and apprenticeships “don’t go far…

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FE Week Reporter
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College steps in to save apprentices

More than 160 engineering apprentices are set to be transferred to City College Norwich from an independent learning provider…

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FE Week Reporter
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UCU and AoC continue pay talks

A pay deal for college staff is yet to be agreed for the next academic year. The University and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Grade four LeSoCo gets new Ofsted blow

A large London college has been criticised in a follow-up report on its inadequate Oftsed rating. LeSoCo, a 17,000-learner…

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FE Week Reporter
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Free meal guidelines issued by Education Funding Agency

Colleges will get £2.41 for every free meal served to a disadvantaged learner under a new system coming into…

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FE Week Reporter
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Accounting most popular for FE loans

Qualifications in accounting and youth work have proved the most popular for students taking out 24+ advanced learner loans,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Hancock hits back over FE funding cuts

Skills Minister Matthew Hancock (pictured above) has hit back at criticism of government cuts, claiming it was “misleading” to say…

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FE Week Reporter
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Apprentice funding plans rejected in consultation

The full results of the government’s apprenticeship funding consultation last year have been released for the first time —…

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FE Week Reporter
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Indy wins college plan go ahead

An Essex-based independent learning provider is one step closer to opening the first new FE college in 20 years…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Sharp rise in degree starts at FE colleges, HEFCE report shows

The number of students starting degree courses at further education colleges in England has risen by almost 60 per…

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FE Week Reporter
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Schools to be forced to tell learners about FE and skills options

Schools will be forced to tell learners about vocational study and apprenticeship options by law after the government published…

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FE Week Reporter
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Former chair Hughes calls for equality and diversity action at ETF

Former Education and Training Foundation (ETF) chair and board member David Hughes has called for more to be done…

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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…

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New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

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Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

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

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DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

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

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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…

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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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