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FE Week and Me winner 2013

  Hasan Chowhury’s winning photo I feel my photo represents college because it captured the learning moment. It reminds…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Charity gets £10k boost after night of music, food and fundraising auction

More than £10,000 is heading to the Helena Kennedy Foundation after the third annual FE Week charity auction. Click…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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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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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
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

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
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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

Shane Chowen
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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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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