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Guild given ministerial green light

Plans for a new FE body to support the sector have been given the go-ahead. The Department for Business,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Ofsted success leads to government support call

The government has been urged to do more to promote sixth-form colleges after the sector’s second outstanding grade under…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Award cull comes ‘with no warning’

Surprise plans that could end government funding for around 1,600 qualifications might hit the job hopes of thousands of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Colleges hit with Skills Funding Agency warnings

Two of England’s biggest colleges have been slapped with notices of concern by the Skills Funding Agency following inadequate…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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National Careers Service boosts provision

The National Careers Service (NCS) is to launch a range of services in 12 regions and is searching for…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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FE loans create shortfalls

Some providers are facing funding shortfalls of up to £750,000 for adults with extra needs, claims the National Association…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Hear our voice, the NUS tells FE Guild

The National Union of Students will continue to push for a learner presence on the board of the FE…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Joe Vinson to become the NUS vice president for FE

Joe Vinson has been elected as vice president for Further Education of the National Union of Students at their…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Pearce takes the top job at the NUS

The first president of the National Union of Students from an FE background said her election was an “exciting”…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

College leaders refuse to ‘shy away’ from Ofsted inspection blow

England’s sixth biggest college has fallen from good to inadequate in Ofsted ratings. City of Bristol College was visited…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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No student voice in guild proposals branded a ‘bad April fool’

Proposals for the FE Guild have been criticised as a “bad April fool” by the NUS after it emerged…

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