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Report calls for National VET Centre

The creation of a national centre for vocational training has been recommended in a report by the Commission on…

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Nick Linford
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Funding rate for 16 to 19-year-olds announced

Providers delivering education to 16 to 19 year olds will receive a national basic rate of £4,000 per full…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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The first general FE college to achieve an outstanding grade under Ofsted’s tough new inspection regime has been announced….

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Nick Linford
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Colleges keep sign–off on 16 to 18 provision

The government has clarified its position on local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) after FE leaders were left scratching their heads…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Halesowen staff escalate action

Halesowen College staff have pledged to boycott lesson observations as four sacked staff announced they were taking the college…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Funding protection outlined by Skills Funding Agency

The Skills Funding Agency has announced more detail on a measure to protect providers from potentially huge drops in…

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Nick Linford


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Scrabble to rename the FE Guild

The proposed FE Guild could have a different name by the time it is launched in August. Peter Davies,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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‘Inadequate’ grading triggers government funding threat

City of Liverpool College could have its funding withdrawn after falling from outstanding to the lowest Ofsted grade of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Value of new FE quality kitemark questioned

Sector bosses have called into question the “worth” of a new quality marker launched by FE Minister Matthew Hancock….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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EXCLUSIVE: Leading college falls from outstanding to inadequate

One of England’s biggest colleges has fallen from outstanding to the lowest Ofsted grade of inadequate. City of Liverpool…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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AELP fears for skills funding

UPDATE: The government today left the door open for the introduction of a single funding pot, containing the adult…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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