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Strikes loom as college job losses announced

The announcement of up to 700 job losses in eight colleges in England has prompted industrial unrest. Members of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Pember is back for AoC review

The former head of FE and skills investment at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College ‘suspends’ rape case student

A teenage student was suspended from a college in Yorkshire after claiming she was raped and sexually assaulted by…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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LSIS prepares to hand over the baton

The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has published a report exploring the legacy it will leave when it…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Report calls for female apprenticeship targets

The government has been urged to set private contractor targets to boost the number of female apprentices in sectors…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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A battle against each other and the elements

Eight teams compete in the Lake District for top honours in a national contest for apprentices Scores of youngsters…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Arise Sir Charlie

The world of FE is to welcome a new knight of the realm in UK Commission for Employment and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Physical and verbal abuse exposed

The Skills Funding Agency has demanded “immediate action to safeguard the welfare of all trainees” at a Midland-based provider…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Audit office examines agency’s performance

Officials from the National Audit Office are investigating the Education Funding Agency to “consider whether it is prepared to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Careers report ‘ducks’ funding issues

A report that called for a “culture change” on careers guidance has been criticised for shying away from “difficult…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Funding rates still a sector concern

Concerns remain about a Skills Funding Agency policy aimed at “smoothing” the impact of its new payment regime, despite…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Research to look at dip in part-time HE in FE

The Association of Colleges and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are backing research into the delivery…

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