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Foundation announces first round of tenders

The Education and Training Foundation has released its first invitations to tender under a new competitive bidding process. A…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Minister writes to new apprentices on pay

Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has written a letter for every apprentice telling them what they should be earning —…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Byrne replaces Marsden as Shadow Skills Minister

Liam Byrne has succeeded Gordon Marsden in the Labour Shadow Education team, taking on the role as Shadow Universities…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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From college classroom to Shadow FE Minister

Bethnal Green and Bow MP Rushanara Ali has replaced Tristram Hunt as the FE and skills Labour Shadow Education…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Skills report warns of numeracy and literacy failings in England and Northern Ireland

Numeracy and literacy levels among young people in England and Northern Ireland are falling way behind the rest of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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The FE sector congratulates Minister on expanded brief

Matthew Hancock MP, now Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise has been congratulated on his expanded portfolio by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Tristram Hunt takes over as Shadow Education Secretary

Tristram Hunt has been promoted to Shadow Secretary of State for Education following the departure of Stephen Twigg in…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Apprentices paid below £2.65 an hour legal minimum jumps 45%

Nearly a third of apprentices were not paid the legal minimum wage in 2012, according to information published by…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

A year with Hancock on his skills ‘rollercoaster’

BREAKING NEWS: Matthew Hancock MP has today been promoted to Minister of State for Skills & Enterprise. UPDATE: Sector reaction…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Elmfield director Ged Syddall walks during Newsnight probe — but remains majority shareholder

Former Elmfield Training Ltd chief executive Ged Syddall (pictured) has quit as the firm’s director — but remains its…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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New loans being used for leisure

The government’s £232m pot of cash for FE loans could be going on courses not aimed at getting people…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Labour sticks with forced apprentice plan

Business leaders have attacked Labour leader Ed Miliband’s plans to make firms train a “local” apprentice for every foreign…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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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
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
Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill