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London colleges’ decline

A London college that admitted success rates could have been exaggerated by up to 10 per cent two years…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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FE Guild countdown picks up pace

The latest stage in the development of the proposed FE Guild is “going to be difficult” to complete in…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Plea for Ofsted to inspect school advice

The government has been urged to “bite the bullet” and call Ofsted in to inspect careers guidance services after…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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AoC in India supplement preview: Colleges make New Delhi move

A host of UK colleges are hoping a new initiative in India will allow them to capitalise on their…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Government acts on ‘conflict of interest’

The government has set up a Skills Funding Agency-led review to look into the issue of potential conflicts of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Critics hit out at A-level reform plans

FE groups across the sector have condemned education secretary Michael Gove’s proposal to overhaul A-levels. Mr Gove said from…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Call for education to ‘split’ at 14

Former education secretary and father of the national curriculum Lord Baker has called for a back-to-basics revamp of England’s…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Redefine apprenticeships, says thinktank

Apprenticeships should be redefined as “intensive three-year training programmes” to help curb the 31 per cent A-levels drop-out rate,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Contract suspended after ‘missing data’

A troubled provider’s £4.5m contract with the Skills Funding Agency has been suspended after “errors and missing data” were…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Union blasts FE loans

The NUS has branded FE loans a “dangerous policy” and raised a number of questions over the new system…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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