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Success for the free lunch campaign

Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat Leader, has announced this afternoon that the government will extend free…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Interview with Ofsted careers guidance report author

Q&A with Ofsted inspector Karen Adriaanse, author of the education watchdog’s report Going in the right direction? Careers guidance…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Hull 14 to 16-year-olds leading the way to college

Seven colleges in England are for the first time taking on young teenagers. Hull College Group is one of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College backs down on veil ban

Birmingham Met defended its ban after media attention but has now ‘listened’ to students and ‘modified’ the controversial policy …

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Tutor sacked after college sex talk complaints

A college in the North East has sacked a female tutor after she allegedly talked to her class about…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Barclays sticks by Elmfield Training

The Skills Funding Agency has been “working closely” with Barclays Bank over its apprenticeship plans with Elmfield Training after…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Commissioner: only the brave need apply

These are the tough nuts you’ll have to crack if you want to be the new FE Commissioner, FE…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Qualifications cull comes under FAB fire

A cull of more than 1,800 adult qualifications that had little or no uptake has come under fire from…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Careers plan after wrath of Wilshaw

The government has announced an action plan to tackle poor careers advice after Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw attacked…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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College defends Muslim veil ban

A Midland college has defended its security policy that effectively bans Muslim students wearing face veils, but refused to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Youth unemployment rises

The unemployment rate for 16 to 24-year-olds has risen slightly to 21 per cent, according to official figures released…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofsted boss Sir Michael hits out at schools over careers guidance

Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has attacked schools over their record on providing careers guidance saying “too few are…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

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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