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Apprentices get new NUS-backed pressure group

A new pressure group for apprentices has been launched by the National Union of Students (NUS). The National Society…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Apprenticeships to the rescue of the High Street

Apprenticeships could help save the country’s “struggling” high streets, according to the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Providers will ‘no longer be able to force employers to take training they want to offer’, says Gove

Routing apprenticeship funding directly to employers will mean providers can no longer “force employers to take whatever training they…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Labour taskforce calls for FE progression to determine schools funding

Labour’s Skills Taskforce has called for school funding to be conditional on whether students progress into FE, employment or training….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Trailblazers, pay and loans all feature as leading apprenticeship figures meet

Far-reaching government reforms were scrutinised at the Apprenticeship Debate, organised by Association of Education and Learning Providers (AELP). The…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Government funding agencies publish reports on Barnfield Federation

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and Education Funding Agency (EFA) have this afternoon published findings from their investigations into…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Exclusive: an FE Week Q&A with Skills Minister Matthew Hancock on apprenticeships

Reforms, the minimum wage and 24+ loans are just three issues covered in an exclusive  FE Week Q&A as…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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A view from the US on England’s apprenticeships, via Switzerland and Germany

Bob Schwartz, professor of practice in educational policy and administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was appointed…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Two years after pilot success, at last it’s official — Exeter College is outstanding

Exeter College need no longer bite its lip after watching Walsall College take credit for the first ‘outstanding’ Ofsted result…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Police will not investigate Barnfield Federation

Police in Hertfordshire have announced they will pursue no criminal investigation into allegations of financial mismanagement at the Barnfield…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Apprentice minimum wage cheat among those ‘named and shamed’

At least one apprentice employer was among the first batch to be “named and shamed” as the Department for…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Young Neets rise draws RPA questions

The government’s raising of the participation age (RPA) policy has been questioned after figures showed the number of unemployed…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
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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
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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

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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

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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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Skills reform

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

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

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