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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…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Free school meal pay-outs leave colleges feeling short-changed

Colleges claim they have been left short-changed after learning how much money they will receive to pay for the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Former BIS chief in governance warning

The former head of skills investment at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Bis) has warned that entrepreneurial…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Providers in dark about job status of learners

More than half of providers are failing to meet targets for collecting data about the employment status of their…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Learner lie-ins as college trials 10am starts

Fancy a 10am start at work? Most would, and that’s what learners at North East Surrey College of Technology…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Bright storm continues as Highfield hits back

An awarding organisation has hit back at claims by Bright Assessing chief executive Krissy Charles-Jones about its qualifications. She…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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New alliance aims to help colleges recruit better governors

A new organisation has been launched today to encourage high-calibre and skilled people to join college governing bodies. The…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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LeSoCo principal Maxine Room to stand down

The principal of LeSoCo in south east London is to stand down at the end of the academic year,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Governors get three-point college improvement plan

College governors have been given a three-point improvement plan in a joint 157 Group and Ofsted report on good practice…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Employers call for apprenticeship control — but what did key FE players think?

More than 30 employer bodies joined forces to call for greater control over apprenticeships just days after a technical…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Success rates change makes system ‘overly complex’

A college principal has hit out at proposed changes to the way the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) reports and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Top DfE civil servant makes IAG concession

There remains “more to be done” to improve careers advice and guidance in England, the Department for Education’s most…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

Must read

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
16-19

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
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