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Value of new FE quality kitemark questioned

Sector bosses have called into question the “worth” of a new quality marker launched by FE Minister Matthew Hancock….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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EXCLUSIVE: Leading college falls from outstanding to inadequate

One of England’s biggest colleges has fallen from outstanding to the lowest Ofsted grade of inadequate. City of Liverpool…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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AELP fears for skills funding

UPDATE: The government today left the door open for the introduction of a single funding pot, containing the adult…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Top college grade expected

The first college to get a top grade from Ofsted under its new common inspection framework is expected to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Richard’s tax proposals ‘fudged’

The government’s response to the Richard Review has been branded a “fudge” that fails to address the need for…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Ofsted report criticises colleges for jobs ‘failure’

Ofsted has criticised colleges for missing skills targets and failing to prepare learners for local job opportunities. The education…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Employers looking for loans loophole, claims TUC

Bosses are looking for a loophole in the new FE loans system to make apprentices pay part of their…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Cash-strapped college faces being split up

The new principal of a debt-ridden college has admitted that a merger three years ago has failed — and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Government launch consultation in response to Richard Review

The government has today published their response to the Richard Review in a “plan to redefine apprenticeships”, starting with a formal consultation….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Special FE Week Auction – iPad mini for HKF

Bid here for a fabulous iPad Mini (16GB, in black) and help raise money for Helena Kennedy Foundation.  …

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Richard waits for minister’s verdict

Entrepreneur Doug Richard has reignited his argument with the Association of Employment and Learning Providers that workforce tax breaks…

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