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The Oxford Partnership – Saudi Arabia – Vacancies

  The Oxford Partnership (TOP) is proud to be associated with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to support…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Top college earner figures ‘not showing full picture’

Calls for college chief executive and principal pay levels to be published have emerged amid concerns the growth of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Students’ union ‘needs more ambition’ in putting FE funding case

The National Union of Students’ National Conference took place in Liverpool this month and resulted in re-elections and new…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Privacy warning over biometric data collection

The boss of a Leicester-based national subcontractor where learners have their finger measurements scanned to get into classrooms has…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Software and Leps in Spicer update

Skills Funding Agency (SFA) interim chief executive Barbara Spicer has written to contractors with an update on a range…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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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…

FE Week Reporter
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…

FE Week Reporter
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…

FE Week Reporter
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…

FE Week Reporter
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…

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