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Liverpool college revisit

A college in North England branded inadequate by Ofsted just four years after it was deemed outstanding is struggling…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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New SFA chief announced

The new Skills Funding Agency chief executive has been announced. Former Salford City Council boss Barbara Spicer (pictured) has…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Hunt’s ‘Institutes of Technical Education’ plans

Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt used his first speech in post to announce plans for Institutes of Technical Education….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Advice ‘scam’ warnings lead to firm closure

A business that tried to charge young people £25 each to register for apprenticeships has apparently closed following pressure…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Careers advice prompt for Number 10

Prime Minister David Cameron has been ordered to “get a move on” to improve the careers advice given to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Access cash ‘must’ go to traineeships

The demise of access to apprenticeship (AtA) has led to a call for colleges to be allowed to use…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Think-tank calls for youth guarantees and levies

Youth guarantees and youth levies figure among new proposals from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) aimed at…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofsted clash on work experience

Further education leaders clashed with Ofsted over whether students needed work experience outside of their colleges. The exchange took…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Hancock to divert cash to employers

Apprenticeships are to be funded through employers, Skills Minister Matthew Hancock announced at the Association of Colleges (AoC) conference…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College staff plan December strike over pay

Further education colleges in England are set to be hit by staff strikes over pay early next month. Members…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Up to 50,000 teenagers studying dead-end courses, claims think-tank

Tens of thousands of 16 to 18-year-olds are taking dead-end courses that will end with no job and will…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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On location at the Skills Show ­­– FE Week team out and about

From Birmingham in 2013 to Brazil in 2015 Around 700 talented young people competed to be crowned the best…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

Must read

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
News

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
Colleges, Long read

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…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill